Incorporate in Singapore
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Incorporating a Company in Singapore
If you are interested in setting up a business in Singapore, start with the guides in this section. They will provide you an overall understanding of the company registration procedure, required documents, types of appropriate business structures, compliance requirements, as well as the other pertinent information necessary to start and run your Singapore venture.
Is Singapore the right place to incorporate your business?
Numerous international organizations have consistently ranked Singapore very highly for the ease of doing business. Learn about the key benefits of setting up a Singapore company.
How to register a new company in Singapore
Incorporating a Singapore company is fast, easy, and free from unnecessary red-tape. Find out the requirements and procedure to register a private limited company in Singapore.
Opening a bank account for your Singapore company
A useful guide on opening a corporate bank account in Singapore, the recent regulatory changes that affect bank account opening, and the Customer Due Diligence procedures.
Filing requirements for Singapore companies
An essential guide to the basic annual compliance and filing requirements that Singapore private limited companies must file to relevant government bodies.
Singapore entry options for a foreign company
A comparative overview of the three types of business structures available to foreign companies that wish to open their office in Singapore.
Setting up a holding company in Singapore
What is a holding company structure and why is it so popular in Singapore? You will find answers to these and other questions about holding companies in this guide.
Relocating to Singapore
If you plan to relocate to Singapore to operate your company, read our guides in this section. They will provide you an overall understanding of the various options available for you and your family.
Quick guide to Singapore immigration
This is a comprehensive immigration guide that covers the most common types of work passes and family passes available to foreigners who wish to live and work in Singapore.
Employment Pass (EP) immigration scheme
This guide contains all essential information about the main work pass available for company executives and the other professional staff who may need to move to Singapore.
Dependant Pass for family members
Covers key information about the eligibility, required documents, and procedure to obtain a Dependent Pass visa for family members in Singapore.
Taxes in Singapore
This section will provide you an overall understanding of Singapore's tax system and types of taxes, details of taxation of corporate and individual income. After reading this section you will know the peculiarities of foreign-sourced income taxation, Goods and Services Tax registration, and the other tax-related issues necessary for each entrepreneur.
Singapore's tax system and types of taxes
An introductory overview of Singapore’s tax system, key facts, types of taxes, current tax rates, and benefits of Singapore’s tax regulations for companies and individuals.
Corporate tax regulations in Singapore
A must read guide with information on corporate tax rate, taxable income, tax exemptions, tax filing requirements, and tax incentives for Singapore companies.
Tax on foreign-sourced income in Singapore
Explains the tax treatment of foreign-sourced income in Singapore, such as dividends, interest, rental income, royalties, and other profits from foreign operations.
Audit exemption for Singapore companies
Learn about the concept of “small company” that exempts Singapore companies that fulfill certain criteria from the requirement of annual audit.
Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Singapore
This guide describes the requirements and procedure for GST registration in Singapore and provides information about the procedure for filing GST tax returns.
Overview of Singapore's double tax treaties
A very useful guide on Avoidance of Double Tax Agreements (or DTAs) that Singapore has concluded with an extensive network of foreign countries.
Singapore's Business Regulations
If you are interested in setting up a business in Singapore, this section will provide you an overall understanding of the country's business regulatory framework.
Introduction to Singapore's legal system
This article provides an overview of the Singapore’s legal system, its judiciary, approach to dispute resolution and the application of law.
Key business regulations of Singapore
This is an introductory article that provides an overview of the regulatory framework within which every Singapore company must operate and the basic rules it must follow.
Guide to Singapore employment law
This article is a guide to the employment regulations that will give you understanding of how you can comply with labour laws when running a company in Singapore.
PDPA and GDPR compliance for Singapore companies
This guide will help you to ensure that your Singapore company is compliant with the Personal Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulation.
Singapore Contract Regulations
This guide provides a brief overview of the Singapore's Contract Law and explains how its laws and judicial system make the state one of the best places to sign business agreements.
Singapore Trademark Registration Law
A simple and informative guide to trademark registration in Singapore. Also includes information on applying for an international trademark in Singapore under Madrid protocol.
Incorporating from India
This section provides articles that will be interesting for Indian entrepreneurs who are going to set up or already running a Singapore-based company.
Singapore or Hong Kong?
This section provides guides that will be interesting for entrepreneurs from Hong Kong who are thinking of relocating to Singapore and set up a company in the island-state.
Industry Specific Guides
Guides in this section provide a comprehensive introduction to starting industry specific businesses in Singapore, the relevant licensing requirements, and other necessary regulations.Setting up an import export company in Singapore
If you plan to set up an import or export business, Singapore will be a perfect place for incorporating such a venture.
A guide to Singapore's free trade zones
This article is a guide to Singapore's free trade zones, areas that provide beneficial customs and tax treatment.
Starting a shipping company in Singapore
This article describes the steps for launching a shipping business and relevant licensing requirements.
Setting up an employment agency in Singapore
This is a guide to the procedure for obtaining an employment agency license in Singapore.
Setting up a travel agency in Singapore
If your company carries on travel agency activities in Singapore, it should obtain a license. Find out how!
Setting up an education business in Singapore
This is a guide to starting a private educational institution in Singapore and obtaining the necessary licenses.
Financial services licensing regime in Singapore
This article is a guide to the financial services regulations in Singapore and the relevant licensing regime.
Singapore regulations on healthcare products
This is a guide to regulations on the manufacture, licensing, and sale of healthcare products in Singapore.
Starting an eCommerce business on Amazon Singapore
This article is a guide to starting an eCommerce business on Amazon Singapore.
