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The annual membership fee is $462 inclusive of GST.
Your membership fee can be paid either annually or monthly. If you elect to pay annually, your annual payment will be the amount of the annual membership fee. If you elect to pay monthly, your monthly payment will be 1/12th of the annual membership fee.
Membership fee must be paid by direct debit, from either a credit/debit card (Visa or MasterCard) or an Australian bank account. Direct debits are processed on the first business day of the month. Your initial direct debit will occur on the first business day of the month after you join ABN
Term of membership
Your initial ABN membership period is from the date you join until 12 months from the end of the calendar month in which you join (e.g. if you joined on 10 January 2024, your initial membership period would be from 10 January 2024 until 31 January 2025). At the end of your initial ABN membership period, your membership automatically continues, either on a year-to-year basis if you pay your membership fee annually, or on a month-to-month basis if you pay your membership monthly.
An ABN membership cannot be terminated within the first 12 months. Should you wish to cease your ABN membership after this time, you can do so by contacting our office and requesting a copy of our ABN Membership Cancellation form be forwarded to you for completion This form must be submitted to us by the 21st day of the month for a direct debit scheduled for the following calendar month to not occur.
The following examples illustrate the cut-off times for cancellation and assume that you are outside your initial ABN membership period:
ABN reserves the right to cancel your membership at any time for reasons including, but not limited to, failure to pay your membership fees, unlawful distribution of our intellectual property, or your posting of content online that is in violation of any applicable law or regulation (such as copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights), is in violation of privacy rules or personal rights of others, or is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.
Tax Invoices & GST
In regard to your initial ABN membership period, your Direct Debit Request (DDR) Service Agreement acts as a Tax Invoice.
In regard to any continuation of your membership beyond your initial ABN membership period:
The annual membership fee may be varied from time to time. We will provide at least 90 days’ notice of any variation to the price. If you are still within your initial ABN Membership period, any variation to the annual membership fee would not take effect until the completion of that initial membership period.
Your ABN membership includes complimentary membership to Australian Bookkeepers Association (ABA). If the ABA section of your ABN membership application is completed, we will assess your application & write to you detailing your voting status. If the ABA section of your ABN membership application form is not completed at the time of your application, your ABA membership will assume a non-voting status. If you wish to change your membership status, you can complete the ABA Update your details form from within the Member Centre of our website.
Your ABA membership is stapled to your ABN membership however should you wish to renounce your ABA membership, please contact us on 1300 856 710 or info@austbook.org.au.
It is not possible to cancel the ABN component of the membership and only retain the ABA membership as this is a stapled membership. Therefore, to become an ABA member only, your current ABN membership must be cancelled, and a new ABA membership application completed. It will not be possible to retain the original ABN membership number.