The Register of Registrable Controllers (RORC) has quietly become the most heavily enforced ACRA register in 2026. Two reinforcing developments have driven this: the higher penalty regime introduced by the first tranche of the CALA Act 2025 on 6 May 2026, which raised the maximum fine for register failures to S$25,000, and the parallel rollout [...]
One of the most quietly significant changes in the Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 (CALA Act) — which commenced its first tranche on 6 May 2026 — is the new permission for a sole director to also serve as the company secretary of a Singapore private company. For more than five decades, Section [...]
The first tranche of the Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 (CALA Act) commenced on 6 May 2026, marking the most significant overhaul of Singapore's company law in over a decade. ACRA published its commencement notice on 16 April 2026, giving directors and company secretaries roughly three weeks to prepare. If you are a [...]
The EntrePass: Singapore's Door for Innovative Founders Singapore has become one of the most sought-after launchpads for venture-backed founders in Asia — and the EntrePass is the work pass purpose-built for that population. Where the Employment Pass is structured around hiring, and the Tech.Pass is calibrated for senior tech talent, the EntrePass exists for one [...]
Getting your Singapore government grant approved is the easy part. The harder part — and the part that determines whether your grant actually pays out — is the post-approval phase: project execution, milestone tracking, claim submission, audit, and disbursement. This is where many SMEs stumble, and where claims get rejected, delayed, or partially clawed back. [...]
Running an e-commerce business in Singapore — whether you sell physical goods, digital services, or operate as an online marketplace — sits at the intersection of three regulatory regimes that did not exist in their current form a decade ago: corporate tax under the Income Tax Act 1947, GST under the Goods and Services Tax [...]
For mature foreign companies eyeing Singapore as their long-term operating base, the inward re-domiciliation regime is one of the most underused tools in the corporate toolkit. Introduced by the Companies (Amendment) Act 2017 and operative from 11 October 2017, Singapore's inward re-domiciliation regime allows a qualifying foreign corporate entity to transfer its registration to Singapore [...]
The Singapore EntrePass sits in an unusual spot in the work-pass landscape. It is not a salary-based pass like the Employment Pass, nor a sponsorship-light pass like the Personalised Employment Pass. It is, instead, a pass for foreign entrepreneurs who want to actively build a venture in Singapore — and the eligibility test is built [...]
Singapore's food and beverage (F&B) sector is one of the most heavily regulated parts of the Singapore SME landscape. A typical café, restaurant, or central kitchen has obligations spread across at least five regulators — the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), the [...]
Singapore's tax regime is widely admired for its simplicity and competitive rates, but one area regularly trips up Singapore-incorporated companies — particularly those making cross-border payments to overseas suppliers, lenders, or licensors: withholding tax. Get it wrong, and the company is liable to IRAS for the tax it should have withheld, plus penalties and interest. [...]