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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ROSSER · L-1A FIELD GUIDE

Can a former organizational chart be reused without checking changes?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Only use it for the period it accurately describes and identify current evidence separately.

Explain the organization now

A past chart can establish history without proving today’s ownership, staffing or duties. Record genuine changes rather than presenting an outdated structure as current.

The current organisational chart, delegation-of-authority schedules, board or shareholder resolutions recording appointments, the transition plan with dates, and the successor's employment records abroad. Share registers or equivalent ownership records for both entities, shareholder agreements, incorporation and annual filings, and evidence that each company is actively doing business. Trading records rather than corporate existence: invoices, service agreements, payroll, tax returns and premises documents covering a continuous recent period. Employment records for successors, revised job descriptions, an organizational chart showing reporting lines before and after, handover notes, and correspondence in which others now make the operational calls. Payroll registers and employment contracts establish the employer and the period; travel and entry records, assignment letters and expense claims establish location. Add evidence that each entity is doing business as a real operating enterprise, which normally means financial statements, tax filings, customer invoices and payroll rather than a website.