The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has extended its email lodgement option, enabling 30 additional paper-based forms to be submitted by email from 31 March and taking the total to 88 forms. ASIC estimates that around 70% of its paper-based lodgements can now be submitted by email. The newly enabled forms cover a wide range of regulatory interactions, including company and foreign company notifications, auditor appointments and consents, credit licence updates, debenture holder notifications, and other notices such as changes to registers and locations of books. ASIC expects the change to reduce reliance on postal submissions by about 13,000 paper lodgements each year, while retaining postal lodgement as an option; it also noted that certain foreign company-related forms can now be lodged by email for the first time, and that Form 388 can only be lodged by email in exceptional cases where online lodgement is not possible.
Australian Securities & Investments Commission 2026-04-02
Australian Securities & Investments Commission expands email lodgement to 30 more paper forms, taking the total to 88
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has expanded its email lodgement option to cover 30 additional paper-based forms from 31 March, bringing the total to 88 and enabling around 70% of paper-based lodgements to be submitted by email. The newly enabled forms span company and foreign company notifications, auditor appointments and consents, credit licence updates, debenture holder notifications and various register and records location changes, with ASIC expecting about 13,000 fewer postal lodgements annually while retaining postal options and limiting Form 388 email use to exceptional cases.