Enhance the Progressive Wage Model

Government Accepts Recommendations to Enhance the Progressive Wage Model for Cleaning Sector

Government Accepts Recommendations to Enhance the Progressive Wage Model for Cleaning Sector The Government has considered and accepted the recommendations contained in the report of the Tripartite Cluster for Cleaners (TCC) dated December 2016 on the enhancements to the Progressive Wage Model (PWM) for the cleaning sector, which was released today. The PWM enhancements will…

Financial Reporting Practice Guidance

Financial Reporting Practice Guidance No. 1 of 2016 – Areas of Review Focus for FY2016 Financial Statements

Financial Reporting Practice Guidance No. 1 of 2016 – Areas of Review Focus for FY2016 Financial Statements ACRA issues Financial Reporting Practice Guidance No. 1 of 2016 on 8 December 2016. In 2016, weak market sentiments and continued slow-growth in the global environment have affected many Singapore companies. This Practice Guidance highlights seven financial reporting…

Update shareholder information with ACRA

Companies that have yet to update shareholder information with ACRA will not be able to file Annual Returns (effective 3 Jan 2017)

Companies that have yet to update shareholder information with ACRA will not be able to file Annual Returns (effective 3 Jan 2017) ACRA had previously informed the Companies that following legislative changes in the Companies (Amendment) Act 2014, private companies are required to update shareholder information to facilitate ACRA’s maintenance of electronic Registers of Members…

New Requirement on Mandatory Retrenchment Notifications From 1 January 2017

Mandatory retrenchment notifications from 1 January 2017

New Requirement on Mandatory Retrenchment Notifications From 1 January 2017 A new requirement on mandatory retrenchment notifications will take effect from 1 January 2017. The tripartite partners have issued an advisory to guide employers on complying with this requirement. Under the Workforce Singapore Agency Act, employers will need to notify the Ministry of Manpower (MOM)…

Singapore-Laos Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement Enter Into Force (DTA) 

Singapore-Laos Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement Enter Into Force

Singapore-Laos Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement Enter Into Force (DTA)  The new Singapore-Laos People’s Democratic Republic Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) entered into force on 11 November 2016. The DTA provides clarity on tax matters and eliminates double taxation relating to cross-border transactions between the two countries. The full text of the DTA is…