Company Secretary statutory duties under the Companies Act — Documents required and templates
Company Secretary statutory duties under the Companies Act — Documents required and templates. For directors and company secretaries managing ACRA compl...
Treasury Shares in Singapore: What Directors Need to Know
When a Singapore company buys back its own shares and holds them rather than cancelling them, those shares become treasury shares. For directors, understanding treasury shares is not merely an academic exercise — the Companies Act (Cap. 50) imposes specific obligations, restrictions, and disclosure requirements that sit squarely within your statutory duties. Get this wrong, [...]
Corporate Compliance as a Strategic Tool: What Singapore CEOs Are Getting Wrong
Most Singapore CEOs think about corporate compliance the way they think about insurance — a necessary cost, something to keep current, not something to think about until it matters. This is the wrong frame, and it is costing companies more than they realise. The companies that treat compliance as a strategic function — rather than [...]
AI Corporate Secretary Platforms vs. Traditional Providers: What Singapore Business Owners Should Actually Demand
The Singapore corporate secretarial market is changing. Over the past two years, a wave of software-first providers has entered the market promising automated ACRA filings, instant document generation, and dashboard-based compliance management at a fraction of the cost of a traditional corporate secretary firm. Meanwhile, established corporate secretarial firms have been modernising their own workflows [...]
What Singapore Directors Need to Know About the Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025
The Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 is now fully in force, with its key provisions having commenced in April and May 2026. For Singapore company directors, these changes are not administrative housekeeping — they represent a meaningful tightening of the obligations and penalties that apply to you personally. This article explains what changed, [...]
Exempt Private Company (EPC) mechanics — Documents required and templates
Exempt Private Company (EPC) mechanics — Documents required and templates. For foreign founders setting up shop in Singapore. Practical 2026 walkthrough...
Sector compliance — F&B, healthcare, education, fintech — Eligibility and requirements checklist
Sector compliance — F&B, healthcare, education, fintech — Eligibility and requirements checklist. For directors and company secretaries managing ACRA co...
Singapore PDPA compliance for SMEs — Eligibility and requirements checklist
Singapore PDPA compliance for SMEs — Eligibility and requirements checklist. For directors and company secretaries managing ACRA compliance. Practical 2...
How to Declare and Pay Dividends in a Singapore Private Limited Company (2026)
Paying yourself and your co-founders through dividends is one of the most tax-efficient ways to extract value from a Singapore private limited company. Singapore does not tax dividends in the hands of shareholders — when a company pays a dividend, the shareholder receives it free of personal income tax. But the process for declaring and [...]
Board Resolutions in Singapore: Types, Requirements and Drafting Guidance
Every decision of significance made by a Singapore company's board of directors must be properly documented. Whether the company is approving a bank account opening, authorising a contract, allotting shares, or changing its registered address, the legal instrument for recording that decision is a board resolution. Understanding the types of board resolutions, when they are [...]