Driving and vehicles
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Bought a NSW-registered car? Transfer the registration into your name within 14 days. Check online eligibility, documents, transfer fees and motor vehicle duty.
Register your Australian business for fuel tax credits with the ATO if you use eligible taxable fuel in business activities. Check GST registration, eligible fuel and uses, registration steps and how credits are claimed on your BAS.
Renew an existing NSW vehicle registration online through Service NSW. Check CTP insurance, pink slip requirements, renewal timing, payment options and short-term registration rules.
NSW sellers must notify Transport for NSW after selling or disposing of a registered vehicle. Check the 14-day deadline, details required and when to use a paper form.
Cancel NSW vehicle registration by lodging the required form and surrendering the number plates. Check the cancellation fee, unused vehicle tax refund and different interstate process.
Search the Australian Personal Property Securities Register using a used car’s VIN or chassis number before buying. The $2 online search provides a certificate showing registered security interests and, where available, written-off and stolen vehicle information.
Register a family or couple to combine eligible Medicare Safety Net costs, and learn how to update the registration when your family changes.
Search Australia's public Register of Approved Vehicles using a VIN, read the vehicle entry and understand common reasons for a missing result.
Report a potential systemic vehicle safety defect, recall problem or Road Vehicle Standards non-compliance to Australia's federal vehicle safety regulator.
Change an Australian sole trader business to a company by registering the company, getting a new ABN, transferring assets and registrations, then closing the old ABN.
Apply through ROVER for a non-RAV entry import approval before bringing an eligible race, rally, support or exhibition vehicle into Australia.
Apply through ROVER before importing a road vehicle for temporary use or a specific purpose when it will not normally be used on Australian public roads.
Apply through ROVER for a reimportation import approval before bringing a previously exported Australian road vehicle back into Australia.
Use the personal effects concessional RAV pathway to bring an eligible vehicle to Australia when settling permanently, including the ROVER application, evidence, fee and deadlines.
Learn when an Australian company can use voluntary deregistration, the ASIC eligibility rules, Form 6010, the current fee, annual review timing and what happens after notice is published.
Apply for an Australian Tax File Number online after arriving in Australia as an eligible permanent migrant or temporary visa holder. Check visa eligibility, passport details, the free ATO Individual Auto Registration process, the 28-day delivery timeframe and alternative application methods.
Register a business name with ASIC in Australia, check whether registration is required, confirm name availability, use your ABN or ABN application reference, choose a 1-year or 3-year registration and pay the current $47 or $108 fee.
Register a proprietary limited company in Australia through the Business Registration Service. Check the $636 ASIC registration fee, director ID and resident director rules, company name and address requirements, shareholders, processing time and annual review obligations.