Complying with the law
Find out how New Zealand law affects the directors and shareholders of your company, and your responsibility to create and maintain accurate company records, report to us and file financial statements.
- Keeping company records You must keep records that show how you operate and manage your company.
- Reporting to the Companies Office Find out what you need to report to the Companies Office and when.
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Company meetings
You must follow specific procedures when you run meetings for directors or shareholders.
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How to file an annual return
How to prepare and file your company's annual return.
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Who needs to submit financial statements
Find out which companies and entities must submit audited financial statements each year.
- What it means to be a director Learn about the role and responsibilities of a company director.
- Reporting a director Find out how to lodge an official complaint about a company director.
- Banned directors Learn why some people may be banned from being a company director and find out how you can check who’s banned.
- What it means to be a shareholder Find out about the rights and responsibilities of shareholders.
- How we enforce the law If companies or their directors break the law, we can take a range of actions including prosecution.
- Making a complaint Find out how to report a potential breach of the Companies Act.
Other help topics
Before you start a company
Starting a company
Keeping company details up to date
Shares and shareholders
Company directors
Filing annual returns
Financial reporting
Managing an overseas company in New Zealand
Closing a company
Restoring a company to the register
When your company fails
Managing your online account
Getting support to use the Companies Register
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