Keeping records

All corporations must keep correct and up to date accounts and records. 

Records help you to gather and maintain evidence about your business activities, like:

  • what, where and when something was done 
  • why a decision was made
  • who was involved in making decisions. 

It's a good idea to keep all records in one place for easy access.

Keeping proper records helps with meeting your annual reporting requirements

Types of records

A corporation needs to keep 4 main types of records.

  1. Membership records
  2. Director records
  3. Financial records
  4. Meeting records

Other records

Other documents that form part of a corporation's records are:

  • a copy of all documents lodged with ORIC 
  • a record of decisions made outside meetings - how they were made and who made them.
  • the rule book of the corporation.
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