If your Singapore business is approaching the S$1 million taxable turnover mark — or has already crossed it — GST registration is not optional. Getting it wrong means IRAS can back-date your registration, charge you GST on all historical sales you never collected, and levy fines on top. This guide explains exactly when you must [...]
Complete 2026 guide to Singapore payroll and CPF compliance — contribution rates by age group, the new S$7,400 OW ceiling, CPF and SDL deadlines, IR8A filing, and MOM leave entitlements.
Complete guide to GST registration in Singapore 2026 — mandatory registration triggers, taxable turnover calculation, voluntary registration, the registration process, and the new InvoiceNow requirement from 1 April 2026.
Complete 2026 guide to running an e-commerce business in Singapore — company setup, GST registration, corporate tax, customs duties, PDPA compliance, and annual filing deadlines.
Paying a foreign vendor or consultant? Withholding tax may apply. Learn which payments trigger WHT under Section 45 of the Income Tax Act, the applicable rates, how to file with IRAS, and double tax treaty relief.
For decades, when a Singapore company's statutory audit was completed, the audit report was signed in the name of the firm — "Ernst & Young LLP", "Deloitte & Touche LLP", or any of the hundreds of smaller audit practices registered with ACRA. The individual public accountant who actually conducted and was responsible for the engagement [...]
Running an e-commerce business in Singapore looks deceptively simple from the outside: incorporate, plug into Shopify or a marketplace, and ship. The tax and compliance reality is much more layered. Cross-border supply rules under the Overseas Vendor Registration (OVR) regime, GST on imported low-value goods, the InvoiceNow electronic invoicing mandate, marketplace deemed-supplier rules, and the [...]
For families considering a Singapore single family office (SFO), almost every conversation eventually narrows to a single question: 13O or 13U? These are the two principal fund tax incentive schemes under Sections 13O and 13U of the Income Tax Act 1947 that, when granted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), can exempt qualifying investment [...]
13O or 13U? The Question Every Family Office Faces For families establishing a Singapore family office, two tax incentive schemes dominate the conversation: Section 13O (Onshore Fund Tax Incentive) and Section 13U (Enhanced-Tier Fund Tax Incentive). Both exempt qualifying fund income from Singapore tax. Both are administered by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). But [...]
Single Family Office vs Multi-Family Office: The Choice That Shapes the Whole Operation For wealthy families considering a Singapore family office, the most consequential decision is rarely the tax incentive scheme — it is the structural choice between a Single Family Office (SFO) and a Multi-Family Office (MFO). The two models share the same end [...]