A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999

PART 2 - REGISTERING FOR ABN PURPOSES  

Division 4 - Registration  

SECTION 8   ARE YOU ENTITLED TO AN ABN ?  

8(1)    


* You are entitled to have an Australian Business Number ( * ABN) if:


(a) you are * carrying on an * enterprise in * Australia; or


(b) in the course or furtherance of carrying on an enterprise, you make * supplies that are * connected with the indirect tax zone.


8(1A)    
(Repealed by No 2 of 2015)


8(1B)    
(Repealed by No 2 of 2015)

S 8(1B) inserted by No 169 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 3 item 2, effective 3 December 2012.


8(1C)    
(Repealed by No 2 of 2015)



Corporations Act companies

8(2)    


A * Corporations Act company is entitled to have an Australian Business Number ( * ABN).

Limited registration entities

8(3)    


However, a limited registration entity (within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 ) is not entitled to an * ABN.



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