If your business is registered for Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Singapore, filing your GST return on time and accurately is one of your most important compliance obligations. Yet it is also one of the most commonly mishandled — with errors in input tax claims, missed deadlines, and incorrect treatment of supply types being [...]
When a Singapore company is struck off the register — whether by ACRA on its own initiative or through a voluntary striking-off application — a fundamental question arises for any person with a stake in the company: how long do I have to apply to court to reinstate it? The answer matters enormously. Miss the [...]
When a company is struck off the ACRA register — whether by ACRA's own motion or by voluntary application — it ceases to exist as a legal entity. Its assets vest in the Government, its contracts are at risk of falling away, and its directors and shareholders lose the ability to deal with its property [...]
When founders, investors, and multinationals are deciding between Singapore and Hong Kong as their base of operations in Asia, the conversation often focuses on tax rates and incorporation costs. What receives less attention — but deserves more — is the comparative quality of the corporate governance framework and the regulatory obligations that directors and company [...]
Singapore has become the region's pre-eminent family office hub, with an estimated 1,650 single family offices operating here by end-2024 — a figure that has more than tripled since 2020. Behind that headline number is a structural decision that every ultra-high-net-worth family faces: should you establish a dedicated Single Family Office (SFO) that you own [...]
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 [...]
When founders incorporate a company and bring in investors, one of the most consequential provisions in their shareholders' agreement is often the one they discuss least: drag-along rights. For majority shareholders, these clauses are indispensable protection when exiting a business. For minority shareholders, they can feel like a trapdoor. This guide explains how drag-along rights [...]
Singapore offers multiple pathways for HNW individuals to relocate and establish residency. From the Global Investor Programme and ONE Pass to EntrePass, PR, and citizenship — this guide covers every option in 2026.
A company's country of incorporation is not necessarily permanent. Many multinational businesses, family-owned enterprises, and investment structures have re-examined their domicile in recent years — driven by regulatory reform, shifting tax treaty networks, increasing investor preference for transparent and stable jurisdictions, and the desire to access Singapore's world-class banking and financial infrastructure. Singapore law expressly [...]
Running a food and beverage business in Singapore involves more regulatory layers than almost any other small-business sector. The corporate-secretarial obligations under the Companies Act 1967 are only the foundation — on top of those, F&B operators have to navigate licensing under the Sale of Food Act 1973, food safety rules under the Singapore Food [...]