Victorian Business Essentials

This information is provided by www.business.vic.gov.au

Step-by-Step guides

You're thinking about going into business, but where do you begin? Having accurate information about your business registrations and access to business planning help is vital to success. This information will give you personalised information on what you will have to do to start or expand your business.

Find specific information for your business:

Staff Planning
This guide will help you to work out what your business needs from the position, the type of worker you need and how to select them, plus the paperwork needed to employ someone.
Tax Basics
This guide will help you to work out what tax you must pay, deductions you can make and records you must keep.
How to Get Planning and Building Permits
This guide will help you to work out if you need a planning, building or local laws permit for your business premises, and what the planning and building permits process is.
How to Organise an Event
This guide will take you through general planning for events and promotional activities, working out if you have to contact council or someone else, and special considerations for large events.
Setting up a Hairdressing, Beauty, Physical or Alternative Therapy Business
This guide will help you to work out if you need to be registered, get your business registered, and see what other registrations, licences and permits you’ll need.
Setting up a Business From Home
This guide will help you to find out if you classify as a home-based business, if your home is suitable for a business and if there are regulations you need to follow.
Getting a Food Business Registered
This guide will help you to work out if you need to be registered, get your food business registered, and see what other registrations, licences and permits you’ll need.
Leasing a Retail Premises
This guide will help you to understand if the Retail Leases Act 2003 applies to you, your rights and responsibilities if you’re a tenant and your rights and responsibilities if you’re a landlord.
Are you ready to start a business
This guide will help you to find out if you have the right skills to run a business, if you’ve done enough preparation to start your business, and where to get help to start your business.
 

Business help

Just because your business is up and running, doesn't mean you no longer need support. These practical tools will help a business at any stage.

Find specific information for your business:

Business planning
Business, marketing and financial planning templates to start and grow your business.
Export assistance
The planning process, export viability and understanding overseas markets.