Under new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws, from 31 March businesses will either need to update their enrolment details or enrol with us for the first time. 

Unsure if you’re covered by the new laws? Check if you need to enrol here. 

Businesses may now be required to provide additional information as part of enrolment, including: 

  • expanded or amended designated services
  • beneficial owners of your business
  • details of your AML/CTF compliance officer
  • refreshed organisational profile information
  • reporting group details. 

To help us do this, we have new enrolment forms for businesses on our AUSTRAC Online (AO) reporting platform. 

What to do and when 

If you’ve already been reporting to AUSTRAC, you have until 30 May 2026 to update your enrolment details. However, if you provide digital currency exchange provider services (now called a virtual asset service provider), or are in one of our newly- regulated sectors, you have a bit more time to do this - until 29 July 2026. 

New businesses will need to create an account and enrol with us through AUSTRAC Online.

Read Preparing for our new enrolment forms to help you gather information and prepare to fill out the new forms. You can even see all the enrolment questions before filling out the form on AO. 

Who needs to register? 

You must both enrol and register with us if you’re a:

Most newly regulated businesses only need to enrol with us.

You must not provide remittance or virtual asset services before we’ve confirmed your registration.

If you’re registered with AUSTRAC, you don’t need to redo this. But you will need to update your details when your registration is up for renewal. 

We also have a PDF form for new registrations. We’ll email you this when you complete your enrolment. 

Need more help? 

We understand there’s a lot of changes to take in. To help you find your way around the new forms, here are some helpful guides:

AUSTRAC Online guides and resources | AUSTRAC

Visit our website for more information about enrolment and registration.