Learn how to use the interactive register and register data file to search for payment times information.
Using the register
The register is an interactive visual tool that allows users to:
- search for a payment times report
- see trends in payment terms and times
- compare payment practices across industries and over time
- access compliance notices
- get information about the register and entities that report.
Payment times and terms
The Home page shows the average payment terms and average proportion of payments made within specific date ranges of:
- 30 days or less
- 31 to 60 days
- 60 days or more.
You can select an industry to compare its payment terms and times to overall trends, plus select the reporting cycles to see trends over time.
Search for payment times reports
The Entity Search page allows a user to search for a large business by their business name or their Australian Business Number (ABN) or Australian Company Number (ACN).
Once an entity is selected, users can review their reporting information by navigating through 5 tabs:
- The Reports tab shows a snapshot of the entity’s reports, payment terms and payment times. You can see the full report by selecting a report and then ‘click here to view report details’.
- The Lifecycle tab provides a timeline of the entity’s engagement with payment times reporting.
- The Structure tab gives information about the subsidiary entities they control.
- The Compliance tab shows any compliance notices published by the Regulator relating to the entity.
- The Notices tab contains information the entity has given the Regulator about notifiable events or other major changes to their reporting status.
Compare entities and industries
Use the Industry Explorer page on the register to interact with data for specific industries over time.
This new feature has quick‑select buttons for all 19 industries and a Chart tab that will display the standard payment terms and proportion of payments made within 30 days for all reporting entities.
The scatter plot allows users to quickly recognise prevailing trends for each industry, but also to search or use the ‘hover over’ functions to identify specific entities plotted in a chart.
You can use a ‘play’ function to view an animation of changes to reporting over time and ‘zoom’ functions to narrow in on a specific segment of payment terms or payment times data.
Users can see the data in a table format by selecting the Table tab within the explorer.
Compliance notices
The Compliance Notices page includes records of entities that have been subject to a notice of non-compliance published by the Regulator.
Users can search for an entity by their business name, or their ABN or ACN.
Information about the register
The Register Statistics page includes information about the number of reports on the Register for each reporting cycle and the number of entities that reported individually or have reported as part of a group.
You can select an industry or reporting cycle to narrow the data displayed.
The Chart tab displays the number of reports across reporting cycles. You can also see this information as a data table by using the Table tab.
Using the register data file
The register data file contains all available payment times report information and you can download the Excel file for free. Once downloaded, the payment information can be analysed, searched by industry code and payment times reports can be compared.
For more detailed information about the different parts of a payment times report read Guidance note 2, Appendix 1: Payment times reporting instructions.