I want to start a side business. Now what? The South Australia version

For the person selling from the kitchen table, the spare room or the car boot. Thirteen pages on what changes the moment you take money for something you made, and the ten things to do about it, in order.

What is inside: the hobby or business test and why the honest answer is usually business. Sole trader or something else, the ABN question and the 47 per cent rule. The South Australian home activity limits, 30 square metres and the rest, and what to do if you rent or make food. The product rules table: toys, children's nightwear, dummies, cosmetics, bean bags, therapeutic claims and food labelling. Refunds and returns, with the five phrases you cannot use and the ones you can. Insurance for makers. Selling online. What you can say about your product and what the ACCC will fine you for. Pricing for the real cost, tax on top of a wage, the GST line. The day job, the family who help, and the first contract. A South Australia page, a do this week checklist and the three mistakes we see most.

Every figure carries the date we checked it. Review current at 22 October 2026. Delivered as a PDF by email. No GST has been charged.