Business topics

Essential business information

• E-business
• Employing people
• Environmental management
• Fair trading
• Franchising
• Grants & assistance
• Home-based business
• Importing & exporting
• Insurance
• Intellectual property
• Market research & statistics
• Occupational health & safety
• Registration & licences
• Taxation
• Tenders & contracts

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Welcome to business.gov.au

business.gov.au offers you simple and convenient access to all the government information, transactions and services you need. It's a whole-of-government service providing essential information on planning, starting and running your business.

How-to guides

What to do when you are...

• Thinking of starting a business
  Are you ready? Need help with planning, raising finance or writing your business plan? These guides and templates can help.
• Starting a business
  Ready to start? Here's information on starting a new business, a home-based business and buying a business or franchise.
• Exiting a business
  Closing or selling your business? Find out about succession planning, bankruptcy, deregistering your business and employee payments.

News and features

In focus

Online services

• Business Consultation
  Register. Be consulted. Have your say.
• ABN Lookup
  The simple way to find ABN information
• GovForms
  Government forms for your business
• Content Syndication
  Publish business.gov.au on your site
• Sign up for free email updates
• Apply for an ABN

Resources

• business.gov.au downloads
• Growing your business checklist
• New to business checklist
• Government & business associations directory
• Events calendar
• Glossary
• Ministers' media releases
• Small business field officers
• australia.gov.au
• Contact us