Spot Client Register Changes Before Lodgement Day
You prepare the BAS, the returns and the financial statements, but you rarely hear when a client's ABN is cancelled, a director is appointed or the registered office moves. MonitorHQ keeps one profile per client entity and flags those changes quickly, so they surface before they turn into a lodgement problem. It also gives you a dated record to point to when Tranche 2 ongoing customer due diligence applies to your practice.
What Goes Unnoticed
The changes nobody tells you about
Client ABN cancelled unnoticed
A client keeps trading and invoicing while their ABN has been cancelled or their GST registration has dropped off. You find out when a BAS will not lodge.
Directors changed without you
A director is appointed or resigns and nobody tells the accountant. Your file, your engagement letter and your signatory list are now out of date.
Business name lapses while in use
The renewal notice goes to an old email address, the name lapses, and the client keeps trading under it. Invoices and websites carry a name they no longer hold.
SMSF trustee company changes
A corporate trustee for a self-managed super fund changes status, address or officeholders. That matters for the fund, and it rarely reaches the accountant first.
How It Fits Your Work
One profile per entity, watched continuously
ABN, ACN and business name monitoring in one place, plus PPSR for ACN, ARBN and ARSN-registered entities
Import the whole client list
Bulk import your client ABNs and ACNs in one go instead of adding entities one at a time. Each client becomes a single profile covering ABN, ACN and business names.
Route alerts to the right person
Add team seats so the partner, manager or bookkeeper responsible for a client sees that client's change alerts by email.
Keep a record for the file
Every detected change is logged with the old and new values. On the Practice plan, export ongoing CDD triggers to support your own AML/CTF review process.
Guides
Worth reading for accountants
AML/CTF ongoing customer due diligence: monitoring client entities
How professionals can keep client entity details current, spot risk-relevant changes on the public record and build a repeatable due diligence routine.
ABNHow to check if an ABN is active (and what the statuses mean)
Learn how to check whether an ABN is active, what ABN Lookup shows, what a cancelled ABN means for invoicing and GST, and how to check many entities.
CompanyHow to monitor an Australian company for changes
What changes on an Australian company record, what each change can signal, and how to build a simple review routine or automate the monitoring.
Questions Accountants Ask
Straight answers
Is this worth it for a practice with many small clients?
Cost scales with the number of entities you monitor, so you can start with your higher-risk clients and add more over time. Bulk import makes it quick to load a whole client list when you are ready.
How is this different from checking ABN Lookup or ASIC myself?
A manual check only shows you the register on the day you look. MonitorHQ checks on a schedule, compares against the last known state and tells you what changed.
Does it cover sole traders and trusts?
ABN and business-name monitoring apply to any entity with an ABN. PPSR security-interest monitoring only applies to ACN, ARBN and ARSN-registered entities, so it does not cover sole traders or trusts.
Does it replace our AML/CTF procedures?
No. The Tranche 2 reforms extend AML/CTF obligations, including ongoing customer due diligence, to certain services provided by professions such as accountants. MonitorHQ surfaces register changes that may trigger a review, but your program and judgement remain yours.
Pricing
Plans for every need
From sole practitioners to enterprise portfolios
Start with a 15-day free trial - up to 10 entities, no charge unless you confirm.
Starter
Sole practitioners & small accounting/conveyancing/real estate offices.
billed annually ($1,068/yr) · $129/mo month-to-month · save 31%
- 30 entities included, then $2.50/entity/mo
- Standard 24h checks, 5 slots for 4-hourly priority monitoring
- Email alerts
- ABN, ACN & business-name change alerts
Practice
Mid-size accounting, law, brokerage & agency firms - the AML/CTF Tranche 2 core.
billed annually ($2,748/yr) · $299/mo month-to-month · save 23%
- 150 entities included, then $1.20/entity/mo
- Real-time email alerts
- 25 slots for 4-hourly priority monitoring
- Ongoing-CDD trigger export, 3 seats
- Bulk import (UI & API)
Portfolio
Larger firms, lenders, corporate services providers.
billed annually ($6,588/yr) · $649/mo month-to-month · save 15%
- 500 entities included, then $0.60/entity/mo
- Webhook + API access
- 100 slots for 4-hourly priority monitoring
- Unlimited seats, priority support
- Bulk import (UI & API)
Enterprise
Integrators, large lenders & white-label partners
from ~$15,000/yr · 24-month term for best rate
- Custom entity volume & SLA
- SSO, dedicated infra, white-label
- Named account manager
- SLA guarantee
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Add Your First Entity
See what has already changed on an entity before you pay for anything - no charge unless you confirm during the 15-day trial.