If you tried to apply for the Productivity Solutions Grant, the Enterprise Development Grant or the Market Readiness Assistance grant before 1 April 2026 and are trying to do the same thing now, you may have noticed the application forms have changed. That is not a website glitch. Enterprise Singapore has consolidated all three schemes [...]
When one company in a group makes a loss and another is profitable, most business owners assume the loss simply sits on the books until the loss-making entity turns a profit of its own. That is not how Singapore's corporate tax system works, and treating it that way can mean paying more tax than the [...]
A managing director based in London needs someone to stand in her seat at Singapore board meetings while she is travelling for a quarter. A family business wants a trusted lieutenant to vote on the founder’s behalf during a long medical leave. Both scenarios point to the same underused tool in Singapore company law: the [...]
A single wrong entry in a company’s register of members rarely looks urgent. It might be a shareholder’s name spelt slightly differently from their NRIC, a transfer that was recorded a week late, or an allotment that never quite made it onto the record after a fundraising round. Until, that is, the company needs to [...]
A practical guide to the enterprise development grant: eligibility, fees, timelines, required documents and templates for Singapore SMEs.
Personal tax filing for SME owner-directors: documents needed, IRAS deadlines, fees and step-by-step process for directors and dividends.
XBRL filing explained: Full vs Simplified templates, documents needed, ACRA fees and deadlines for Singapore companies.
When a Singapore company collapses into liquidation, the question every stakeholder asks is the same: who gets paid, and in what order? The answer is not a matter of negotiation or goodwill. It is fixed by statute. The Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (the "IRDA") sets out a rigid statutory sequence, often called the [...]
Global Ready Talent (GRT) Programme Singapore: Building an Overseas-Ready Team in 2026 Singapore SMEs eyeing regional expansion often discover that the hardest part is not raising capital or finding a distributor, it is finding people who can operate confidently in Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City or Shenzhen while still understanding home-office priorities. Enterprise Singapore's Global [...]
MOM's Fair Consideration Framework 2026: What Employers Must Do Before Hiring Foreign Talent Every year, Singapore employers apply for Employment Passes and S Passes to bring in foreign talent, and every one of those applications is shaped by the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF). Administered by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), the FCF requires employers to [...]