A practical ASIC compliance calendar for Australian companies covering annual reviews, company changes, solvency evidence, registers and lodgements.
An ASIC compliance calendar helps Australian companies track annual reviews, company changes, lodgement deadlines, solvency evidence, register updates and recurring governance checks. For corporate groups, the calendar should not just list dates. It should connect every deadline to an entity, owner, workflow and evidence record.
General information only, not legal advice.
Many teams have an ASIC compliance calendar. Fewer have a controlled ASIC compliance process.
A calendar can tell the team that an annual review is due. It may not show whether the company details were checked, whether the fee was paid, whether a solvency resolution was required, whether the register was updated, or where the evidence was saved.
That gap matters. ASIC compliance is not only about remembering dates. It is about proving that the right action happened against the right entity at the right time.
Every company should track the dates that trigger recurring or event-based work.
| Item | What To Track | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual review date | The company review date and expected annual statement cycle | |
| Annual review fee | Invoice received, due date, payment status and payment evidence | |
| Solvency resolution | Required or not required, approval date and stored evidence | |
| Company detail checks | Officeholders, addresses, share structure, members and ultimate holding company | |
| ASIC change lodgements | Trigger date, lodgement due date, lodgement status and confirmation evidence | |
| Register updates | Member, share and officeholder records updated after relevant changes | |
| Responsible owner | Internal person accountable for each entity and each open action | |
| Adviser handoff | External registered agent or adviser tasks and confirmation trail |
For groups with many companies, the calendar should show the next 30, 60 and 90 days of obligations. It should also show overdue and blocked items.
ASIC annual reviews are the recurring control point most teams know. After the annual review date, ASIC sends an annual statement and invoice. Companies generally need to check details, pay the annual review fee and pass a solvency resolution where required.
The compliance calendar should break the annual review into tasks:
The strongest teams treat this as a monthly portfolio process, not an annual scramble.
ASIC deadlines are often triggered by changes, not calendar dates.
Common change events include:
The calendar should record the trigger date, required action, owner, lodgement status and evidence. It should also show linked tasks such as updating registers and ownership maps.
In addition to ASIC deadlines, corporate groups should run a quarterly compliance review.
Use this check to ask:
Quarterly reviews help find drift before it becomes a transaction, audit or board problem.
A useful ASIC compliance calendar should include more than a date and title.
Each item should show:
This turns the calendar into an operating tool.
EntityFlo gives Australian governance teams a live ASIC compliance calendar connected to the full entity record. Instead of managing dates in one place and evidence somewhere else, teams can connect annual reviews, ASIC changes, registers, approvals, ownership and documents in one system.
That helps CFOs, General Counsel and Company Secretaries see:
For multi-entity groups, that live view is the difference between a calendar and a control environment.
An ASIC compliance calendar is a schedule of company obligations, review dates, lodgement deadlines and related governance actions that need to be tracked for Australian companies.
It should include annual reviews, fee deadlines, solvency resolutions, company change lodgements, register updates, responsible owners and evidence records.
Companies should monitor deadline-driven items as they arise and run a structured portfolio review at least quarterly, especially where they manage multiple entities.
People often use renewal language, but ASIC annual review work is broader than paying a fee. The company should also check details and address solvency evidence where required.
Yes, where it connects dates to entity records, workflows, lodgements, registers, evidence and owners. A basic spreadsheet can list dates, but it usually cannot maintain the full control trail.
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