A Director Penalty Notice arrived. What now?
A Director Penalty Notice (DPN) is the ATO's way of making a company's unpaid PAYG, GST or super a director's personal problem. For a lot of business owners it's the first hard signal that a cash flow issue has become a solvency issue.
Lockdown vs non-lockdown
The single most important thing to work out is which type you've received, because it determines whether the personal liability can still be avoided. The window is short and it runs from the date on the notice, not the date you read it.
The honest next step
Before doing anything, get a clear read on the company's actual position — whether it can trade through, and what options remain. That's exactly what the free check is built to surface quickly, and where a short conversation with a professional pays for itself.