1369.0.55.001 - Australian Business Register: Counts of Australian Business Numbers (ABNs), Oct 2000  
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ANZSIC

Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification. A classification system for identifying and grouping all producing units (of both goods and services) in Australia into industries to permit compatibility of data.

Australian Business Number (ABN)

The Australian Business Number is a unique business identifier. To be entitled to an ABN at least one of the following conditions has to be met:

  • a company registered under corporations law in Australia;
  • an entity carrying on an enterprise in Australia (including government agencies, non-profit bodies and superannuation funds); or
  • an entity which makes supplies that are connected with Australia in carrying on an enterprise.

    Australian Business Register (ABR)

    The Australian Business Register contains all the information set down in the Act and Regulations which is provided by businesses when they register for an Australian Business Number (ABN). The Australian Business Register was established under Section 24 of A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.

    Employing Entity

    An entity that has indicated when registering for an ABN that it employs staff, or intends to, and to pay wages and salaries.

    Enterprise

    An enterprise covers various activities but does not include hobbies. It includes the activities of entities such as charities, deductible gift recipients, superannuation funds and religious and government organisations.

    Entity

    An entity means an individual (sole trader), a body corporate, a corporation sole, a body politic, a partnership, an unincorporated association or body of persons, a trust or a superannuation fund.

    Estimated Annual Turnover

    Annual Turnover is presented in the publication based on the information provided by ABR registrants. The ranges used are those which appear on the ABN registration forms.

    For the purposes of registration for an ABN, annual turnover is calculated in the following manner (refer to guide for Registering for The New Tax System):

    Calculation for current and projected turnover figures.

    Location

    A location is the continuous physical area or site at or from which a business engages in productive activity on a relative permanent basis.

    Main Business Location

    Physical street address where main business activity actually takes place.

    Multi-State ABN

    Refers to those businesses which operate from locations in more than one State or Territory.

    Non-employing Entity

    An entity that has indicated when registering for an ABN that it does not, nor intends to, employ staff.

    Entity Not Actively Registered for GST

    An entity which has applied for and received an ABN but does not meet the relevant registration turnover threshold and is not required to register for GST.

    Entity Actively Registered for GST

    An entity carrying on an enterprise can register for GST. An entity carrying on an enterprise must register for GST if its annual turnover is at or above the registration turnover threshold of $50,000 ($100,000 or more if it is a non-profit organisation). An entity carrying on an enterprise with an annual turnover below the relevant threshold may choose to register for GST but is excluded from these figures.

    Single State ABN

    Refers to an ABN unit which operates from locations in only one State or Territory.

    Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) products are sold by the Commonwealth of Australia ("The Commonwealth") through the ABS. Prices are subject to change without notice.