Learn how to enrol with us and go on our Reporting Entities Roll or update your existing details.
If you provide a designated service with a geographical link to Australia you must enrol. If you’re a remittance or virtual asset service provider, you must enrol and register.
Learn about who and what we regulate.
How to enrol
To enrol you need a user account in AUSTRAC Online. After creating an account, log in and complete the enrol a new business form. You can save your progress and return to the form for up to 14 days.
You must apply to enrol no later than 28 days after the day you start providing a designated service. Once you’ve enrolled, your business will be on our Reporting Entities Roll. This roll lists all businesses that provide designated services and must comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) obligations.
Who doesn’t need to register
Registration is an extra process that typically only applies to money remitters and people providing specialised virtual asset services. If you send or receive money or virtual assets incidentally to your other services, you generally don’t need to register.
Generally, you won’t need to register if you’re a:
- lawyer
- accountant
- real estate agent or property developer
- conveyancer
- dealer in precious metals and stones.
Information you must provide
When you enrol, you'll need to provide information about the designated services you provide and your business.
Learn more about the:
How to sign up for a user account
For help signing up for a user account, you can view:
- AUSTRAC Online new user sign-up
- Registering for multi-factor authentication
- Multi-factor authentication video
If you get a new user invitation email, follow the instructions to sign up for a user account.
How to complete the form
For help completing the form, you can:
- view how to enrol a business
- contact us if you're having trouble using or completing the form, or if you get an error message when you try to submit it.
Once you submit the form, you'll get a submission confirmation message and email with your receipt number and AUSTRAC Account Number (AAN).
We'll send you a confirmation email to let you know when you're enrolled, registered or have an online account. We may contact you to ask for more information.
If you enrolled by mistake
If you enrolled with us and then determined you don’t provide a designated service and therefore don’t have AML/CTF obligations, there are 2 options for cancelling your enrolment:
- If your enrolment is still being assessed, you need to speak to our Contact Centre and cancel your assessment.
- If your enrolment has been accepted, you need to request removal from the Reporting Entities Roll (the Roll). Find out how to request removal below.
If you stay enrolled, you'll have obligations you need to meet, such as submitting an annual compliance report.
Requesting removal from the Reporting Entities Roll
This section refers to the Act section 51G and the Rules section 3–8.
When you enrol, you'll be added to the Roll. You may apply in writing to be removed from the Roll when you no longer need to be enrolled with us, for example, you no longer provide a designated service.
You can apply to be removed from the Roll by submitting a request in AUSTRAC Online.
Learn more about requesting removal from the Roll.
You'll continue to have obligations while you remain on the Roll. For example, you must continue to submit an annual compliance report.
Reporting group enrolment
If you're a member of a reporting group, you must enrol with us, or update your existing enrolment details, if you're:
- a reporting entity
- the lead entity.
Learn more about reporting groups.
Existing and additional accounts
If your business has been providing a designated service for some time, you likely already have an AUSTRAC Online account.
Try to log in to AUSTRAC Online. Your username is usually your email address. You can reset your password through the login screen.
If you think your business has an account, but you can't login or reset your password, contact us. We'll ask you for information about your identity and your organisation.
Adding a new business
If you have a new business with a different ABN to your existing business, you'll need to add a new business to your account.
Updating your details
You must keep your enrolment details up to date.
If details about your business or designated services change, you must update your enrolment details within 14 days of the change occurring.
Enrolment progress by industry
We’re continuing to support businesses preparing for their new AML/CTF obligations. The table below provides an overview of enrolment activity as of 30 July 2026 across new reporting entities by industry and will be updated regularly to reflect current enrolment trends.
| Industry | Enrolment count |
|---|---|
| Accounting and professional services | 13,010 |
| Conveyancer | 1,580 |
| Jewellers and dealers in precious metals and goods | 250 |
| Lawyer | 6,360 |
| Real estate | 17,460 |
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