Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) Seeks Public’s Feedback in Reviewing Areas of Employment Act Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is looking at revising the Employment Act, and it is seeking the public’s opinion on the matter for the areas it is reviewing. Singapore’s Employment Act as was last reviewed in 2012 and the amendments to…
Overall Positive Growth for Singaporean Employment Market in the Third Quarter of 2017 The Singaporean labour market continued to improve in the third quarter of 2017 with the drop in total employment coming in lower than that in the two previous quarters. Those affected were mostly foreign workers and as a result, growth in local…
Singapore Wage Credit Scheme (WCS) Payouts in March 2018 The Singaporean Ministry of Finance has reminded all employers to make CPF contributions for employees by 15 Jan 2018 to receive Wage Credit Scheme payouts in order to receive the fifth tranche of Wage Credit Scheme (WCS) payouts in March 2018. According to a recent statement, to…
Personal Income Tax Filing Season for Year 2017 in Singapore – 3E Accounting Ready to Assist You Time to file your Singapore personal tax return Singapore’s personal income tax year is from 1 January to 31 December and income is assessed on a preceding year basis. Annual personal tax returns for the Year 2017…
LED Initiative A Huge Success The LED Scheme in Singapore has helped over 5,200 enterprises from all sectors harness technology and lean manpower solutions to transform their business operations and processes and improve productivity. Launched in 2015, the LED initiatives range from optimisation of technology and automation to adoption of progressive human resource practices and…
QR Code – Transactions of The Future A task force has been set up to specifically to develop a common QR code for Singapore (SGQR) that could be used for e-payments islandwide. The task force was set up under the purview of a newly formed payments council which was set up to look into ways…