When starting a business or service it is important to ensure you comply with all the state, federal and local government regulations and licensing requirements.
A number of online resources will help you start a community service organisation.
- Starting your business is aimed at people starting a small business but much of its content also applies to non-profit organisations
- Licences and regulations provides links to information and forms for starting your organisation.
- Australian Taxation Office offers non-profit organisations relevant GST and other tax information.
- Incorporated Associations website (Queensland Office of Fair Trading) provides information to support organisations incorporated under the Associations Incorporations Act 1981. This website also includes a simplified guide to Queensland's Associations Incorporation Act 1981 and Associations Incorporation Regulation 1999.
- Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) supports and regulates the corporations that are incorporated under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act).
Last updated 2006-12-1