Registering a new company and filing your Companies Office annual return is now easier with the new Companies Register website.
The Companies Office has revamped its Companies Register website. This is the site used to:
Companies Register(external link) — Companies Office
The redesign of the Companies Register website includes:
How to start a company(external link) — Companies Office
No login is needed to search the register, eg to check if a business name is available.
Other online services need a RealMe® login — just like the previous website — and then you complete these tasks in the same way:
If you’ve saved links to pages on the old website, you’ll automatically be redirected to the right place in the new website. You’ll now be able to save pages you access regularly as favourites for quicker access.
RealMe(external link) — Department of Internal Affairs
Every company in New Zealand must file an annual return with the Companies Office each year to confirm it’s still operating as a company. If you don’t file your annual return each year, your company risks being removed from the national Companies Register.
Companies Register — Companies Office
An annual return is not a tax return. It includes:
There’s a $41.40 fee to file an annual return. You can file online on the Companies Office website. If you haven’t done this before, you’ll need a RealMe® login to register for a Companies Office account.
File your annual return online(external link) — Companies Office
RealMe(external link) — Department of Internal Affairs
*RealMe® is a registered trade mark of the New Zealand Government and New Zealand Post.