CALA 2025 quadrupled director fines from S$5,000 to S$20,000 and introduced imprisonment for serious breaches. Here is a practical risk mitigation checklist for every Singapore company director.
ACRA's audit exemption review closed in April 2026 but no outcome has been published yet. Here is a practical guide on what Singapore companies should do right now while waiting for ACRA's formal response.
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A statutory derivative action under Section 216A of the Companies Act 1967 is one of the most powerful remedies available under Singapore company law. It allows a complainant to bring court proceedings on behalf of a company — typically to recover assets misappropriated by directors or to pursue claims that the company's board has wrongly [...]
Singapore is one of the most e-commerce-friendly jurisdictions in Asia — a stable legal system, high digital penetration, excellent logistics infrastructure, and no capital gains tax. But running an e-commerce business in Singapore comes with a specific set of tax and compliance obligations that many founders underestimate, particularly around GST, corporate tax, cross-border sales, and [...]
Singapore offers one of the world's most generous ecosystems of government grants for businesses. The challenge most business owners face is not finding a grant — it is figuring out how to use multiple grants together without violating the rules. Done correctly, grant stacking can dramatically reduce the net cost of business transformation, technology adoption, [...]
Drag-along rights are one of the most commercially important clauses in any Singapore shareholders' agreement — and one of the most frequently misunderstood. For majority shareholders and investors, they are an essential tool to ensure that a company sale can proceed without being held hostage by a dissenting minority. For minority shareholders, they are a [...]
The Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 (CALA 2025) is Singapore's most significant overhaul of director accountability in more than a decade. Its first tranche of provisions commenced on 6 May 2026, and the changes are both immediate and material. Maximum fines for director breaches have quadrupled. New automatic disqualification grounds have been added. [...]