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Overview of the ACNC
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) is the national regulator of charities. Learn more in this step.
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The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) is the national regulator of charities. The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cth) established the ACNC in December 2012.
As of May 2022, there are approximately 600,000 not-for-profits in Australia.
Around 60,000 of these are registered charities.
The ACNC is responsible for those 60,000.
Registration with the ACNC is voluntary. Some of the benefits of being a registered charity are:
- Access to certain Commonwealth charity tax concessions such as income tax exemptions, goods and services tax concessions and, for some charities, Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) endorsement.
- Other benefits and exemptions from Commonwealth and state governments.
- The use of the ACNC’s Charity Tick of Registration on documents to show your charity is registered.
- A free online presence on the ACNC Charity Register where the public, donors, and funding agencies find information about charities.
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