Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Startup friendly business incorporation

2010-05-10 Thread Nathan de Vries
On 11/05/2010, at 3:30 PM, Andrew Stewart wrote: As I understand it, director's personal funds are still liable even in a registered company. That was the advice I was given too. i.e. a company with one director provides no additional protection over a sole-tradership, assuming that in bot

[SiliconBeach] Re: Startup friendly business incorporation

2010-05-10 Thread Tim Bull
If it's a hobby start up, you don't even need an ABN: You only need an ABN to collect GST. You don't need to bother with GST unless: "If you carry on a business, you must register for GST if your GST turnover is at, or above the GST turnover threshold, that is, it is $75,000 or more ($150,000 or

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Startup friendly business incorporation

2010-05-10 Thread Dylan Jay
On 11/05/2010, at 3:30 PM, Andrew Stewart wrote: +1 for partnerships/sole trader If you do it yourself the only costs you will incur is registering with the department of fair trading (NSW), which I think was about $120 when I did it last year. Out of interest are there any people on the

Re: [SiliconBeach] Shopping carts for digital downloads

2010-05-10 Thread Matt Moore
Ta Dylan, > I've never tried this but it strikes me that using paypal directly and then > using an email client with autoresponder rules could be a quick way to boot > strap this. When you get a paypal fulfilment email just setup an autoreply > to send the person the pdf. Or else getting someone t

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Startup friendly business incorporation

2010-05-10 Thread Andrew Stewart
+1 for partnerships/sole trader If you do it yourself the only costs you will incur is registering with the department of fair trading (NSW), which I think was about $120 when I did it last year. Out of interest are there any people on the list with knowledge of partnerships that got caug

Re: [SiliconBeach] Shopping carts for digital downloads

2010-05-10 Thread Keith Lang
How about shopify.com? Keith. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Matt Moore wrote: > Afternoon, > > I want to sell PDFs online. Does anyone have a recommendation for a > good platform to do that? Some particulars: > - I have an existing PayPal business account but don't currently have > a credit c

RE: [SiliconBeach] Re: Startup friendly business incorporation

2010-05-10 Thread Bart Jellema
Hi Joshua, http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/ASIC.NSF/byHeadline/Starting%20a%20company%20or% 20business I think there is a recurring yearly fee. We didn't register until 6 months in. As far as I know it's the thing that's closest to an LLC, but as Dylan said, it's probably not needed if you don't need

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Startup friendly business incorporation

2010-05-10 Thread Matt Moore
If it's just you then get an ABN and probably register the name with the relevant state business (Dept of Fair Trading in NSW). You don't need to file annual accounts, you just put in revenue & losses as part of your annual tax return. Perfect for a hobby or one person set-up. The costs for Pty Lt

Re: [SiliconBeach] Shopping carts for digital downloads

2010-05-10 Thread Dylan Jay
On 11/05/2010, at 2:06 PM, Matt Moore wrote: Afternoon, I want to sell PDFs online. Does anyone have a recommendation for a good platform to do that? Some particulars: - I have an existing PayPal business account but don't currently have a credit card merchant facility with my bank. - My websit

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Startup friendly business incorporation

2010-05-10 Thread Dylan Jay
On 11/05/2010, at 1:36 PM, Joshua Partogi wrote: Hi Bart, Thank you for the explanation and the insights. It is really helpful to get me started. Yes it will only be me at the time being. Do I still need to apply for a Pty. Ltd? It the $400 a one time payment? If it's just you and you aren't

[SiliconBeach] Shopping carts for digital downloads

2010-05-10 Thread Matt Moore
Afternoon, I want to sell PDFs online. Does anyone have a recommendation for a good platform to do that? Some particulars: - I have an existing PayPal business account but don't currently have a credit card merchant facility with my bank. - My website uses a mix of hosted services so I'd prefer to

[SiliconBeach] Patrica Holdings to register ABN

2010-05-10 Thread Mike Peace
Hi Group, I used Partica Holdings to register my ABN. I am very pleased with their service. http://www.patricia.com.au/ Cheers, Mike Peace SAP HCM Developer -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://

[SiliconBeach] Re: Startup friendly business incorporation

2010-05-10 Thread Joshua Partogi
Hi Bart, Thank you for the explanation and the insights. It is really helpful to get me started. Yes it will only be me at the time being. Do I still need to apply for a Pty. Ltd? It the $400 a one time payment? Kind regards, Joshua On May 11, 1:06 pm, "Bart Jellema" wrote: > I think an ABN wi

RE: [SiliconBeach] Startup friendly business incorporation

2010-05-10 Thread Bart Jellema
I think an ABN will get you started, but if you start with multiple founders or need limited liability I'd go for a Pty Ltd. Cost to register it with ASIC is about $400 and we didn't use a lawyer when we did it. The form is quite simple. Is it just you or do you have co-founders? -Original Mes

[SiliconBeach] Startup friendly business incorporation

2010-05-10 Thread Joshua Partogi
Dear all, What is the procedure to run a startup in Australia? Is only having an ABN good enough? And what is the startup friendly incorporation in Australia? In the US, LLC is considered as an option for startup. Is there anything like LLC in Australia? Thank you very much in advance for your as

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Grace Hotel Friday night drinks

2010-05-10 Thread Daniel Purchas
haha that is progress On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Jeromy Evans < jeromy.ev...@blueskyminds.com.au> wrote: > On May 10, 2:12 pm, Dylan Jay wrote: > > > > I tried to think how we could improve this. The lowest tech solution I > > could think of is twitter since most people have twitter capabl