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Related bodies corporate

Related corporations that carry on a business are automatically grouped.

Corporations are related if any of the below apply:

  • One corporation controls the board composition of another corporation.
  • One corporation can control more than half the number of votes in a general meeting of another corporation.
  • One corporation holds more than half the share capital of another corporation.

The first corporation is called a holding company. The second corporation is called a subsidiary.

Any related companies paying Australian wages are grouped, even if they have holding companies overseas.

related bodies - corporation example

A Pty Ltd is the holding company of B Pty Ltd and C Pty Ltd with more than 50% of the shares of each company. B Pty Ltd is the holding company of D Pty Ltd and E Pty Ltd. A Pty Ltd is the ultimate holding company.

All the companies in this example are grouped.