Revision to Tax Exemption Schemes for Singapore companies from YA2020
Overall company tax rate is a flat 17%. Listed below are general tax exemptions/incentives currently available to Singapore resident companies. Once these tax exemptions are applied to the taxable income, the effective income tax rate for small-to-midsize Singapore companies is reduced significantly. The Tax Exemption Schemes have been in place…
Singapore Companies (Amendment) Act 2017 – AGM and Annual Returns
Singapore Companies (Amendment) Act 2017 – Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Returns to be implemented in early 2018 The timelines for holding Annual General Meetings (AGMs) and the filing of annual returns will be aligned with the company’s FYE. This is to provide greater clarity and improve companies’ compliance…
Companies (Amendment) Act 2017 – Inward Re-Domiciliation Regime in Singapore
Companies (Amendment) Act 2017 – Inward Re-Domiciliation Regime in Singapore within first half of 2017 The Companies (Amendment) Act 2017 has introduced an inward re-domiciliation regime to allow foreign corporate entities to transfer their registration to Singapore instead of setting up subsidiaries (e.g. foreign corporate entities that may want to…
Setting up and maintaining the Register of Registrable Controllers of Singapore Companies and LLPs
Setting up Newly-incorporated companies and newly registered LLPs are required to keep register of registrable controllers within 30 days from date of incorporation. Existing companies and LLPs are required to keep register of controllers within 60 days from date of commencement of the regime (31 Mar 2017). Companies which are…
Have you updated the Electronic Register of Members (EROM) of your Singapore Company?
One of the recent legislative changes to the Singapore Companies Act is that ACRA will maintain the Registers of Members for private companies in electronic form (EROM) from 3 Jan 2016, and companies will need to update shareholder information that will be recorded in the EROM. In December 2015, ACRA…