Obligations under this Chapter
(1) Under this Chapter, all companies, registered schemes and disclosing entities must keep financial records (see sections286-291)and some must prepare financial reports (see sections 292-323D). All those that have to prepare financial reports have to prepare them annually; disclosing entities have to prepare half-year financial reports as well. The following table sets out what is involved in annual financial reporting:
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steps | sections | comments | |
1 | prepare financial report | s. 295 | The financial report includes: * financial statements * disclosures and notes * directors' declaration. |
2 | prepare directors' report | s. 298 | The report has both a general component (s. 299) and a specific component (s. 300). |
3 | have the financial report audited and obtain auditor's report | s. 301, 307, 308 | A small proprietary company preparing a financial report in response to a shareholder direction under s. 293 only has to have an audit if the direction asks for it. Under s. 312, officers must assist the auditor in the conduct of the audit. ASIC may use its exemption powers under s. 340 and 341 to relieve large proprietary companies from the audit requirements in appropriate cases (s. 342(2) and (3)). |
4 | send the financial report, directors' report and auditor's report to members | s. 314 | A concise financial report may be sent to members instead of the full financial statements (s. 314(1)-(2)). For deadline see s. 315(1)-(4). |
5 | lodge the financial report, directors' report and auditor's report with ASIC | s. 319 | For deadline see s. 319(3). Companies that have the benefit of the grandfathering in the relevant Part 10.1 transitionals do not have to lodge. |
6 | [public companies only] lay financial report, directors' report and auditor's report before AGM | s. 317 | For the AGM deadline see s. 250N. |
Application to disclosing entities
(2) This Chapter covers all disclosing entities:
Application to registered schemes
(3) For the purposes of applying this Chapter to a registered scheme: