Register for Centrelink Business Online Services
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Before you Begin
This registration process will enable you to register your organisation for selected Centrelink Business Online Services, even if you do not have an existing business relationship with Centrelink. We will ask you for some information about your organisation and the services you require.
Services currently available for online registration are Paid Parental Leave, Employment Separation Certificates and Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme. If your organisation is already registered for some Centrelink Business Online Services and you wish to register for additional services, you can save time by doing this from within the secure Centrelink Business Online Service site.
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Benefits of Business Online Services
Doing your business online with Centrelink offers a number of benefits to your organisation. You will have the convenience of doing your business with us electronically from a single secure website. Information is available for extended hours, meaning you can access it at a time and place convenient for you. You can even nominate one of your staff to manage access to Centrelink Business Online Services for other employees in your organisation.
A new online security pass, called AUSkey, has been introduced by the Australian Government to streamline access by businesses to online services across government. If you have an AUSkey you will be able to register faster, access more functions, and access Centrelink Business Online Services without having to maintain a separate password just for Centrelink. To find out more about AUSkey or to register online visit the AUSkey website.
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What you will need
You will require the following information to successfully register for Business Online Services:
- your organisation’s ABN
- your AUSkey for the organisation - recommended for a faster registration
- your organisation’s name and business address
- your name and contact details as the applicant
- name and contact details of your organisation’s Primary Business Contact/User (if that is not going to be you) who will be the main contact for Centrelink, the main user of the service(s) and advise Centrelink on the access requirements of other users to the service(s)
- name and contact details of the Authorised Person (if that is not going to be you) that your organisation designates to accept the Terms and Conditions to use Centrelink Business Online Services on its behalf
Centrelink will access the Australian Business Register to validate information provided during your application.
Registration should take less than 10 minutes if you have all the required information at hand. Your registration process will be automated if you use your Administrator AUSkey. Alternatively, if you do not have an AUSkey the Centrelink Business Hotline will need to independently verify the information you supply which can take up to 5 business days.
You will not be able to save a partially completed registration – it must be completed in a single session.
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Australian Taxation Office digital certificate users
Centrelink will support the use of Australian Taxation Office digital certificates until they expire. However if you are planning on using Standard Business Reporting in the near future, you are encouraged to register for an AUSkey before registering with Centrelink.
To find out more about AUSkey or to register online visit the AUSkey website.
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If you need help
The Centrelink Business Hotline is available if you need help during your application.
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Start registration
To protect the security and privacy of the information you provide, the system has a timeout period of 14 minutes. If you do not respond to a page being displayed within that period, you will lose the information provided and will need to start the process again.
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