Australia business startup resources

Australian Business Grants

The Australia government small business getting started page uncovers a wealth of help for a new home business, at your fingertips. Topics range from creating your business plan, GST, to buying a business or a franchise. There is a link to advice on raising money to provide for your business.

They tend to shy away from saying whether any small business grants money is available, but if you dig deep enough you'll see that there are various grants to be claimed. To see if your business startup might qualify, I've found you the links you need.

Federal grants Your starting point for business grants.

State and territory Links to all territories, be amazed by the sheer number of grants available.

Ausindustry worth a look around, more suited to existing business.

Business.gov.au Plenty of business grants and help on startups, your business plan, and links to advice pages.

Grants link this has a grant search engine, it's not strictly business but you might find gold.

The South Australia governments service SA is a great resource for your Australia business

startup advice, it holds key information on business matters and encourages businesses to become more creative and more productive.

When To Register For GST

One of the hard decisions that all businesses will have to make not long after starting up is when and if to register for GST.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a broad-based tax of 10 per cent on the sale of many goods and services and most other things in Australia.

The threshold that qualifies your business to register for GST is when;

 Your business has an annual turnover reaching $75 000 or more ($150 000 or more for non profit organisations)

 You provide taxi travel as part of your business, regardless of your annual turnover.

To register for GST you will need to apply. The application to register for an Australian Business Number (ABN) is the same form, and you will need an ABN to be active in the GST system.

Your ABN will also be your GST registration number.

How to register

You can register online here when you have an ATO digital tax certificate.

Fill in the new business account, that is available for download, or, you can file through your tax agent.

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