Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Payments, fees and invoices

Payments

Here are the ways you can make a payment to ASIC:

Australia Post	Present the payment slip and your payment at any Post Office. You can pay using cash, cheque or EFTPOS including VISA and Mastercard.
Credit Card	Credit card payments can also be made at Postbillpay.com.au or call 131816 Important: You can't make payments for more than one company on one credit card transaction, as we can only process payments against one company at a time. The highest transaction value accepted on any credit card payment is $4000.
BPAY	Contact your bank, credit union or building society to make a payment from your cheque, savings or credit card account using BPAY. Our Biller Code is: 17301 Ref: obtain your reference number from your invoice statement or National Names Index.
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)	Here are details you need to pay by electronic funds transfer.
Mail	Mail the payment slip and your cheque, payable to 'ASIC', to: Australian Securities and Investments Commission Locked Bag 5000 Gippsland Mail Centre VIC 3841
In person	Present your payment slip and pay in one of the following three ways at any of our Service Centres: cash money order cheque. If you use a personal cheque you will need to show identification.

If your company is in financial difficulties, you may need to seek independent professional advice, as your company may be regarded as insolvent.

Agents/third parties lodging documents on behalf of a company should know the relevant fees before lodging. However, the company is ultimately responsible if agents fail to pay or lodge on time.

Fees

We collect a range of fees from companies and other entities under Commonwealth laws. Some of the fees we collect include company registration and annual review fees. The law states when a fee must be paid, and the amount of the fee.

We charge late fees when:

some documents are lodged late, or
a fee is not paid on time.

All fees we collect, including late fees, are collected on behalf of the Commonwealth.

Lodgement fees

Fees apply when you lodge some forms and documents. You can find out if there is a fee by looking at the form guide, or when you find ASIC forms.

You may need you to pay the fee for some applications before the form can be processed.

Lodging a form online will generate an invoice when required unless other payment options are available as part of your access.

Fees for commonly lodged documents

ASIC search information and fees

ASIC fees and charges and the GST

Late fees

The law states when a fee must be charged if you lodge a document late or don't pay a fee on time. To find out if a form must be paid is a specified time you can check the form guide, or look at the information when you find ASIC forms.

Here is more information about how to avoid late fees .

Annual review fees

Every company and managed investment scheme has an annual review date, usually the anniversary of its registration date. Soon after its annual review date each year, we issue each registered company and scheme with an annual statement and an invoice statement for the annual review fee. You need to pay the annual review fee to keep your company or scheme registered.

You can check the review date for a company or scheme from the National Names Index. You will need the Australian Company Number (ACN) or Australian registered scheme number (ARSN).

Depending on the circumstances, if you don’t meet the legal time limits that apply to paying your annual review fee and responding to your annual statement you may be charged any one of the following three types of late fees (or a combination of two late fees or all three):

late payment fee
late review fee
late lodgement fee.

Annual statements and late fees

Fee waivers

Penalty notices

Invoices

ASIC invoice statements may include details of:

annual review fees
document lodgement fees and
late fees including:
- late lodgement fees
- late review fees and
- late payment fees.

Invoices will be sent to the company's registered office, nominated contact address or the registered agent, if one is appointed by the company.
If the invoice is not paid, a second request will be sent directly to the officeholder.

Here is a sample invoice statement.

Here is a description of what is on an invoice statement. You can check if the invoice has been paid using our online services.

Annual statements

Annual statements and late fees

How we issue annual company statements

ASIC Website: Printed 01/06/2009

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