Singapore and Ethiopia Sign Agreement for Avoidance of Double Taxation (DTA) Singapore signed an Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation (DTA) with Ethiopia on 24 August 2016. The signing took place in Singapore between Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry) Mr S. Iswaran and Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tedros Adhanom. The DTA clarifies…
Dear Reader, Welcome to our E-Newsletter August 2016 In this issue of our newsletter, we are glad that we are in time to share with you our yet another big milestone. We would like to humbly announce to you that we have recently completed our networking partnership agreements with a handful of new reputable global…
Update to Employment Pass Salary Criteria From 1 January 2017, the qualifying salary for Employment Pass (EP) applications will be raised from $3,300 to $3,600. This change is part of the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) regular updating of the EP qualifying salary to keep pace with rising local wages, maintain the quality of our foreign…
Important Details of Information on Filing of XBRL Financial Statements with ACRA XBRL Filing Errors: Requirement to Ensure Accuracy and Completeness of XBRL Financial Statements Filed with ACRA Companies filing XBRL financial statements with ACRA are reminded to ensure that the information filed is accurate and complete. This requirement, as detailed in Practice Direction 1…
ASC issued FRS 116 Leases and invites comments on ED/2016/1 ASC has issued FRS 116 Leases. ASC invites comments on Exposure Draft ED/2016/1 Definition of a Business and Accounting for Previously Held Interests (Proposed amendments to IFRS 3 and IFRS 11) – Comments by 26 Aug 2016. Please visit Financial Reporting Standards for the FRS…
Determining the dates that expenditure is incurred for PIC cash payout purposes PIC Cash Payout is disbursed only when the qualifying expenditure has been incurred by the business. An expense is incurred when the legal liability to pay has arisen, regardless of the date of actual payment. You may wish to note that if your…
Updates on the New Administrative Concession on Administering the “Subject to Tax” Condition for Foreign-sourced Dividends You can provide the following documents to substantiate that the underlying tax has been paid on the income out of which the foreign-sourced dividend is paid: a) Audited accounts of the foreign payer company Currently, to demonstrate that their…
3E Accounting Pte Ltd Announces its Partnership with the SME Portal 3E Accounting Pte Ltd, Singapore’s premier corporate services provider joins hands with the SME Portal, the country’s leading and most visited portal by Singapore’s small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs alike. It’s official! The premier corporate services provider in Singapore – 3E Accounting Pte…
250% Tax Deduction Under the Business and IPC Partnership Scheme From 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2018 From 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2018, businesses will enjoy a total of 250% tax deduction on wages and related expenses when they send their employees to volunteer and provide services, including secondments, to Institutions of…
Dear Reader, Welcome to our E-Newsletter July 2016 In this issue of our newsletter, we are glad to share with you the good news of our completion of yet another networking partnership agreement. We are now one step further into our expansion quest by welcoming our new member firm, SAS Smart Account Solution Co. LTD. who will represent us…
Tripartite Guidelines Developed for Employers to Give Greater Clarity on Leave Benefits and Notice Period for Term Contract Employees The Ministry of Manpower (MOM), National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), and the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF), have jointly developed a set of Tripartite Guidelines on the Employment of Term Contract Employees. Although the majority of…
Further extension of time for private companies to update shareholder information In December 2015, ACRA announced that it would be maintaining the registers of members for private companies setup in electronic form (EROM) from 3 Jan 2016 onwards. Private companies were required to update shareholder information that will be recorded in the EROM. These companies…