Do I need an ABN to register as an NDIS provider?
Yes. An applicant for registration must hold an Australian Business Number under the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999. The number must be held by the applicant itself and not by a related entity, and it must match the legal name on the application.
Answered from the held text of NDIS Provider Registration Rules s11. The clause behind it is cited below, and the requirement page carries the evidence an assessor asks for.
What the clause behind this answer says
s11 Hold an ABN
To register, the applicant itself needs an Australian Business Number, held under the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.
Source: NDIS Provider Registration Rules on the compliance desk. Our statement of the clause, not the instrument verbatim.
What evidence answers it
- ABN Lookup record matching the applicant's legal name and entity type
- Evidence the ABN on invoices and the registration match
What assessors commonly find
- ABN held by a related entity rather than the applicant
- Cancelled ABN not noticed
The reviewer opens with
Show me aBN Lookup record matching the applicant's legal name and entity type, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
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