CAP for Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Rebates Raised Singapore’s Minister of Finance, Heng Swee Keat announced in Budget 2018 that the cap for the Corporate income Tax (CIT) Rebate for YA 2018 will be raised to 40% of the corporate tax payable subject to a cap of $15,000. This is an increase from the previously announced rebate…
How to Notify ACRA and IRAS of Company Changes in Singapore All company owners in Singapore are advised to file any change of name or office address with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) immediately. This can be done online via ACRA Bizfile. There is no need to inform or update IRAS separately of the change in name or…
New Amendments to the Implementation of Section 121 of the Companies Act 2014 As of 20th April 2018, Section 121 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 2014 took effect, and with those changes comes the introduction of new sections 202A and 202B of the Companies Act. These regulations have successfully come into effect, and concurrently, the…
Accounting Standards Council Singapore (ASC) Issues New Amendments The Accounting Standards Council Singapore (ASC) recently issued several amendments to the Singapore Financial Reporting Standards (International) (SFRS(I)s) and Financial Reporting Standards (FRSs). These include annual improvements to SFRS(I)s 2015-2017 Cycle, effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019; and improvements to FRSs (March 2018), effective…
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Signed To Lower Trade Barriers Across The Region In view of increasing protectionism, ministers from 11 countries recently signed a revised Trans-Pacific Partnership. The signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) which took place in Chile signals a commitment to lower barriers to…
Better Protection Under Amendments To Employment Act in Singapore The Employment Act in Singapore will soon be amended to remove the S$4,500 salary cap providing protection to about 430,000 more professionals, managers and executives (PMEs). Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say said the only exceptions are public servants, domestic workers and seafarers who are covered separately,…
Lapsing of Productivity and Innovation Credit (“PIC”) Scheme in Singapore As you may be aware, the PIC scheme will lapse after Year of Assessment (YA) 2018. YA 2018 refers to the company’s financial year ended 2017. The financial year ended 2017 will be the final time frame for companies to claim incurred qualifying expenses for…
Drop in Singapore’s Headline Inflation Rate The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) recently revealed that Singapore’s headline inflation rate fell to 0 per cent in January this year from 0.4 per cent in December. According to a statement, the Consumer Price Index (CPI)’s year-on-year drop to…
Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) Takes Company Director To Court For Breaches Of The Companies Act A company director was recently fined $10,000 by the State Courts for lodging false information under Section 401(2A)(b) of the Companies Act. Amiira Samsuri, whose a director of Persian Garden Restaurant Pte Ltd, had earlier authorised a bank…
Singapore GST On Imported Services From Jan 1, 2020 Consumers and businesses who buy imported services from suppliers based overseas which have no establishments in Singapore will have to pay goods and services tax (GST) from Jan 1, 2020 onward. The GST will be levied on two types of services: business-to-business (B2B), such as marketing services, accounting services and IT…