Changing a Singapore company name requires a special resolution, ACRA approval via BizFile+, and a comprehensive post-change update across banking, contracts, and licences. This guide covers every step of the process.
A Certificate of Residence (COR) from IRAS proves your Singapore company's tax residency, enabling access to reduced withholding tax rates under Singapore's DTA network. This guide covers the application process, eligibility, and common pitfalls.
Capital allowances let Singapore companies deduct the cost of plant and machinery for tax. This guide covers Sections 19 and 19A, motor vehicles, Section 14Q renovation costs, unutilised allowances, and how to claim in your Form C or C-S.
An EGM can be called by the board, by shareholders holding 10% or more, or by court order. This guide covers Singapore EGM notice requirements, quorum, voting, and post-meeting filings under the Companies Act 1967.
EDGE — Enterprise Development and Growth for Enterprises — will merge the EDG, PSG, and MRA into one unified Singapore grant in 2H2026. Here is what SMEs need to know and do right now.
When a company director breaches their fiduciary duties — by appropriating company assets, diverting business opportunities, or engaging in self-dealing — the company is the party that has been wronged. In theory, the company should bring a claim against the errant director. In practice, this rarely happens voluntarily: if the director is also a controlling [...]
A shareholder agreement is only as useful as its exit provisions. When a company reaches the stage where a sale is on the table, the provisions that determine whether the deal can actually close — and on what terms — are the ones that matter most. Drag-along rights are among the most commercially important of [...]
When the Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 (CALA 2025) commenced on 6 May 2026, it changed the compliance landscape for every director of a Singapore company. The headline change — maximum fines for directors quadrupled from S$5,000 to S$20,000 — attracted considerable coverage, but CALA 2025 made four other significant changes that are [...]
Singapore's audit exemption framework has been unchanged for over a decade. The S$10 million revenue and asset thresholds under Section 205C of the Companies Act 1967 — the gateway to the "small company" exemption — have stood since 1 July 2015. In February 2026, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) formally announced a review [...]
Sector compliance — F&B, healthcare, education, fintech — Step-by-step walkthrough. For directors and company secretaries managing ACRA compliance. Prac...