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AML/CTF compliance software for accountants

A profession-specific AML/CTF workflow for Australian accountants providing entity, transaction, client-money, trust or company services under Tranche 2.

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Designated services this workflow recognises

The legal trigger is the service being provided, not the professional title. The workspace records a decision for each engagement or matter.

  • Creating companies, trusts and legal arrangements
  • Entity restructuring
  • Holding or managing client funds or assets
  • Buying or selling businesses
  • Nominee, registered-office and TCSP work

See a accounting engagement move through the workspace

This representative, fictional record uses the same terminology and sequence shown to accountants and accounting practices in Cassandra AML. No personal information is shown.

Accounting engagement example

Greenline Group entity restructure

Ownership mapping

Client record

Greenline Group entity restructure

ACC-2026-038

Engagement
Group restructure and new entity advice
Related parties
Holding company, directors and proposed trustee
Decision
Formation steps identified for assessment

Next actionResolve the ownership chain to the relevant natural persons.

Client engagement work

  1. Enrol with AUSTRACComplete

    Record your AUSTRAC enrolment number and confirmed status so the firm's transition timing is documented beside the workbench.

  2. Complete the risk assessmentComplete

    Document the accounting firm's designated services, client types, delivery channels and AUSTRAC risk factors, and update it when services change.

  3. Create policies and processesCurrent

    Build or upload the AML/CTF policy and process that governs escalation triggers, internal controls and risk-based client handling.

  4. 4
    Onboard your staffNext

    Nominate the governing body, compliance officer, senior manager and client-facing staff, then assign each person's access and roles.

  5. 5
    Complete staff trainingNext

    Deliver AUSTRAC risk-based AML/CTF awareness training to every staff member and keep completion evidence current.

  6. 6
    Onboard and monitor clientsNext

    Run KYC and KYB checks, map beneficial ownership, record screening and source-of-funds decisions for captured engagements, and keep monitoring current.

Evidence ready for organisation review

  • Engagement-level designated-service decisions
  • ABN, ASIC and trust evidence
  • Ultimate beneficial-owner calculations
  • EDD and source-of-funds records
  • Partner approvals and audit history

Cassandra AML assists your compliance work; it does not provide legal advice, guarantee compliance or imply AUSTRAC endorsement.

Practical AML/CTF guidance for Accountants and accounting practices

Start with the profession pillar, then use the focused guides for the exact service, customer or control you are handling. Each article links to primary AUSTRAC or legislative material.

5 min guide

AML/CTF guide for accountants

A comprehensive guide for Australian accountants scoping professional designated services and operating risk-based AML/CTF controls from 1 July 2026.

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5 min guide

Business-sale AML for accountants

How accountants distinguish advice and standalone valuation work from active assistance that directly advances a company or legal-arrangement sale or transfer.

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6 min guide

Company, trust and restructure AML

A detailed guide to company and express-trust formation, item 6 legal-form restructuring and the service-specific customer due diligence accountants must perform.

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5 min guide

Client money AML for accountants

A practical guide to receiving, holding, controlling or managing client property, direct advancement, payment boundaries and workflow controls for accountants.

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6 min guide

Equity and debt finance AML

How accountants distinguish general advice from work advancing equity or debt finance for a body corporate, proposed body corporate or legal arrangement.

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3 min guide

Accountant checklist

A file-ready AML/CTF checklist for accountants: designated services, entity ownership, source of funds, reporting, training and audit-ready records.

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3 min guide

Practice risk assessment

How accounting firms structure an AUSTRAC-aligned ML/TF/PF risk assessment: services, customers, channels, geography and the controls that respond.

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3 min guide

SMSF AML guide

When SMSF establishment or trustee services are designated for accountants, and the CDD, ownership and reporting duties that attach to them.

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Questions accountants and accounting practices ask

Are all accountants and accounting practices automatically regulated by AUSTRAC?

No. AML/CTF status depends on whether the business provides a designated service with the required Australian geographical link, not the professional title alone. Assess each service and obtain advice where the boundary is uncertain.

What should accountants and accounting practices record for an AML/CTF review?

Keep the service-scope decision, customer and beneficial-owner evidence, risk assessment, screening and escalation decisions, approvals, reporting records, training and current program governance evidence.

Does Cassandra AML replace legal or regulatory advice?

No. Cassandra AML organises compliance work and evidence. It does not give legal advice, guarantee compliance or imply AUSTRAC endorsement.

Connect accounting engagements to ownership and risk evidence.

Open an accounting-specific workspace for entity, transaction and client-money services, with partner approvals retained beside the engagement.

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AML/CTF compliance workspace for Australian tax agents, accountants, lawyers, conveyancers, real estate professionals, trust and company service providers, precious-items dealers and virtual asset service providers — with designated-service decisions and review-ready records.

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