When a new baby arrives, many Singapore households turn to a confinement nanny for the first few weeks of round-the-clock newborn care and post-natal support for the mother. Most people assume this simply falls under the same Work Permit as a general helper, but the Ministry of Manpower actually runs a separate, short-term scheme for [...]
Striking off vs members' voluntary winding up FAQs: Companies Act 1967 s344 and IRDA 2018 ss160/163, cost, timeline and mistakes for SG directors.
Capital reduction FAQs: court route vs solvency statement under ss78B-78J Companies Act 1967, cost, timeline and creditor objections for SG directors.
Share buybacks under CALA 2026: FAQs on the Companies Act 1967 routes, solvency rules, treasury shares and tax treatment for Singapore directors.
When a company's financial statements do not comply with the Companies Act 1967 or the Accounting Standards, the first port of call is usually a quiet, voluntary fix by the board. But what happens when the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) is not satisfied with the directors' explanation, or the directors and the Registrar [...]
Section 210(4) of the Companies Act: When Can a Singapore Court Alter a Scheme of Arrangement After Creditors Have Voted? A scheme of arrangement is meant to be the product of negotiation, not litigation. Directors and their advisers spend months structuring terms, circulating an explanatory statement, and persuading creditors or shareholders to vote in favour [...]
When a shareholder, creditor, judgment holder, or foreign litigant needs company records for a Singapore dispute, the first instinct is often "just get it from ACRA." In reality, that instinct is only half right. The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) holds a narrow band of public filings that anyone can buy over the counter [...]
On 1 September 2026, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) published the seventh edition of its e-Tax Guide, GST: Renewal of Assisted Compliance Assurance Programme (ACAP) Status. For most company directors, the words "e-Tax Guide" trigger an instinctive hand-off to the tax agent or auditor. That instinct is only half right for this particular [...]
When a Singapore company ends up in front of the High Court, whether to restore a struck-off entity, rectify the register of members, validate an improperly issued share, or answer a minority shareholder's oppression petition, someone still has to assemble the paperwork behind the paperwork. Long before a supporting affidavit is affirmed and filed, a [...]
Singapore families setting up a private trust company (PTC) usually reach the same conclusion within their first planning meeting: someone still has to hold the shares of the PTC itself, and whoever that is should not, in the ordinary sense, "own" it. This is the essence of the orphan structure, and Singapore practitioners now have [...]