Not every foreign company that sets up a branch office in Singapore intends to stay forever. Group restructurings, a shift to a locally incorporated subsidiary, or simply the end of a market entry experiment are all common reasons a head office decides to close its Singapore branch. Unlike striking off a private limited company, deregistering [...]
The financial statements, tax computation and supporting schedules needed to file Form C, C-S or C-S Lite with IRAS.
The documents, disclosure checklists and schedules needed to prepare SFRS-compliant financial statements for a Singapore company.
What documents and templates Singapore SMEs need for compliant bookkeeping — registers, retention rules and a step-by-step setup process.
When a Singapore company can no longer pay its debts as they fall due, its directors and creditors are often confronted with a stark choice: let the company be wound up, or find a way to keep it alive long enough to restructure. Judicial management is the statutory rescue mechanism Parliament built for exactly this [...]
On 16 April 2026, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) announced that the first tranche of the Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 (CALA 2025) would commence on 6 May 2026 — heavier penalties for errant directors, automatic disqualification for money-laundering convictions, named-auditor reporting, and a new two-tier approval process for selective share [...]
If you run a shop, café, or trade in one of Singapore's heartland neighbourhoods, you have probably watched a nearby mall or business improvement district organise a festival, art trail, or workshop series that pulled in footfall for an entire week. The Heartland Enterprise Placemaking Grant (HEPG), administered by Enterprise Singapore under the Ministry of [...]
Singapore's sustainability reporting regime has moved firmly from "voluntary best practice" to "regulated obligation with a hard deadline." Under ACRA's Singapore Sustainability Disclosure Standards — SFRS S1 (general sustainability disclosures) and SFRS S2 (climate-related disclosures), both based on the ISSB's IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 — listed companies are already reporting Scope 1 and 2 [...]
On 11 August 2026, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) issued the fifth edition of its Common Reporting Standard (CRS) e-Tax Guide, updating Singapore's guidance to reflect the OECD's amended CRS — widely referred to as "CRS 2.0". If your company is a fund manager, family office, trust company, or any other Singapore-based entity [...]
From September 2026, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is widening the Non-Traditional Source Occupation List (NTS-OL) to include eight additional occupations across the food services, social services, and air transportation sectors. For employers who have struggled to find local hires for roles such as waiters, kitchen assistants, infant caregivers, and cabin crew, this is the [...]