--- title: How should a firm answer AUSTRAC's enrolment question about offshore activity? description: How should a firm answer AUSTRAC's enrolment question about offshore activity - Consider carefully and answer honestly based on whether your business has any. --- [Skip to content](https://knowledge.easyaml.com/how-should-a-firm-answer-austrac-s-enrolment-question-about-offshore-activity#main-content) English - Australia Show submenu for translations Open main navigation Close main navigation - English - Australia Show submenu for translations How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [easyAML Help Centre](https://knowledge.easyaml.com/?hsLang=en-au) 2. [FAQs](https://knowledge.easyaml.com/faqs?hsLang=en-au) 3. [Reporting](https://knowledge.easyaml.com/faqs?hsLang=en-au#reporting) # How should a firm answer AUSTRAC's enrolment question about offshore activity? ## Answer based on whether the business has operations, branches or permanent establishments outside Australia. Consider carefully and answer honestly based on whether your business has any **operations, branches or permanent establishments outside Australia** that provide designated services. The straightforward case: - **Australian-resident, Australian-only operations.** Answer "no" to offshore activity. The firm provides designated services in Australia under Australian law; that's the end of the question. Where you need to think more carefully: - **Australian-domiciled with an overseas branch or subsidiary providing designated services.** Answer "yes" and disclose the offshore arm. AUSTRAC needs visibility because designated services provided from offshore branches of Australian reporting entities are within scope. - **Offshore staff working remotely for the Australian entity.** Usually "no" - the staff are employees of the Australian entity working from offshore, not an offshore branch. But if the staff effectively run a foreign operation under the same brand, treat it as offshore activity. - **Overseas clients of an Australian firm.** "No" - having foreign clients doesn't make you an offshore operation. You're still providing the service from Australia. - **Foreign parent with an Australian entity.** The Australian entity enrols based on its own status; the foreign parent's offshore activity is its own matter. If you're unsure how to answer, easyAML's onboarding includes a sector-fit conversation that walks through these questions before you complete the AUSTRAC form. 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