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Get your practice enrolled with AUSTRAC by 29 July.

A plain-English walkthrough of AUSTRAC online enrolment for independent AU practices entering Tranche 2 reporting from 1 July 2026. Real estate, conveyancing, accounting, law, TCSPs, precious metals.

Built by Ben Horne (sole trader, ABN 49 452 393 782). Replies go straight to me.

Two dates to pin to the wall

10 days
until 1 July 2026, the date you become an AUSTRAC reporting entity.
68 days
until 29 July 2026, the enrolment close date. Strict-liability penalties to A$22.2m per breach after that.
Source: AML/CTF Act 2006 (Cth) + AUSTRAC commencement notice

Five steps

Enrolment, the short version.

AUSTRAC online enrolment takes about 40 minutes if you have everything in front of you. Here is the order of play.

  1. 01

    Confirm you are a reporting entity

    Check whether you provide any of the 11 designated services AUSTRAC has classified for Tranche 2. Real estate agencies dealing with sale or purchase, conveyancers, accountants providing trust account services, lawyers in the same boat, TCSPs, dealers in precious metals.

  2. 02

    Gather your business identity documents

    ABN, ACN if a company, registered legal name, trading name, registered office, principal place of business, ANZSIC code, year first provided designated services.

  3. 03

    Nominate your AML/CTF Compliance Officer

    One named individual, must be at management level, AU resident. Their name + title + business email + business phone is required at enrolment. Sole traders nominate themselves.

  4. 04

    Decide if you'll lodge solo or in a designated business group

    Small practices almost always lodge solo. Designated Business Groups are for multi-entity structures sharing a compliance program (multi-office franchises, large legal groups).

  5. 05

    Submit AUSTRAC Online enrolment form

    Open an AUSTRAC Online account first if you don't have one. Then complete the enrolment form. AUSTRAC accepts enrolments from now and you must be enrolled by 29 July 2026.

Source: AUSTRAC Online enrolment guidance + AML/CTF Rules part 1

Free PDF walkthrough

The field-by-field walkthrough.

We will send you a plain-English walkthrough of the AUSTRAC Online enrolment form: every field, what it is asking, what to enter, what to skip, what to have ready. Written for the principal doing this without a compliance team.

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