Guidance materials

This document contains the Regulator’s practical administration approach to assist reporting entities with complying with the Act and relevant obligations.

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Payment Times Reporting: Guidance materials March 2025 [PDF 925 kB]

Contents

Entities that must report

  • Constitutionally covered entities (CCE)
  • Connection to Australia
  • Revenue threshold
  • Excluded entities
  • Ceasing to be a reporting entity

Volunteering and modifying reporting structures

  • Volunteering entities
  • Nominee reporting entities
  • Subsidiary reporting entities

How and when to report

  • Reporting periods
  • Reporting deadlines
  • How to report
  • Revising reports
  • Publishing reports

What to report

  • Step 1: Identify entities to consolidate
  • Step 2: Identify Reporting Requirements
  • Step 3: Prepare Datasets
  • Step 4: Complete the Payment Times Report
  • Modified Reporting
  • Record keeping

Applications

  • General application requirements
  • Refusal of applications
  • Reporting entity applications
  • Relief applications
  • Review of decisions

Fast and Slow Small Business Payers

  • Slow Small Business Payers
  • Slow Small Business Payer Directions
  • Fast Small Business Payers