Learn how to apply for removal of your business or organisation from the Reporting Entities Roll.
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Why you must apply for removal
You must apply to remove your business or organisation from the Reporting Entities Roll if:
- you’ve stopped providing designated services
- you’re unlikely to provide designated services again in the future
- you don’t have any outstanding reporting obligations.
Requesting removal from the Reporting Entities Roll
To request removal from the reporting entities roll:
- Go to AUSTRAC Online.
- Log in with your username and password.
- If you’re a user for more than one reporting entity the screen below will appear. There’s a search function available.
- Select the business you want to remove from the Reporting Entities Roll.
- Select Business Profile in the ‘Business’ menu.
- Expand the ‘Remove from RE Roll’ box.
- Select Remove from RE Roll to open the form.
- After reading the introduction, check your business details to make sure they’re accurate and up to date.
- Complete the review section.
- Check the box to confirm the removal request.
- You will be required to provide a reason for removing the business from the Reporting Entities Roll.
- You must also provide a date for removal from the Reporting Entities Roll and indicate if you will be leaving the reporting group (if applicable).
- Select Next to go to the submit page.
- On the submit page:
- You will need to enter the details of the person completing the form.
- Check the I agree box to agree with the declaration.
- Select Submit when you’re ready to submit your form (after checking I agree).
- Upon submission, you will see a confirmation page that includes your submission receipt number. You can quote this for any enquiries about your submission.
- You’ll also receive a submission confirmation email that contains the submission receipt number, submission date and time. You can also access a copy of the submission details under the Submissions tab in the ‘Business Profile’ sub-menu within the Business menu.
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