On February 1, 2021, India’s government presented the country’s 2021-2022 Union Budget. It was developed to boost India’s economic recovery by introducing incentives across all business sectors, in part to …
Singapore startup and business update: February 2021
Singapore is a well-known startup and financial hub that actively encourages entrepreneurship. Its startup-friendly policies include numerous business incentives and a range of incubation schemes. The National Research Foundation’s Early …
Singapore startup activity and business update: January 2021
In this post, we review some recent regulatory updates, the launch of new government services, and annual results of certain state incentives aimed at supporting SMEs. We also describe a …
Singapore startup and business update: December 2020
This report covers recent news about important regulatory changes, fundraising activities of promising Singapore startups, creation of new government incentives aimed at supporting fresh startups, and other business-related news that …
Minimum Salary for Employment Pass Holders Revised
Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower has just announced that it has raised the minimum salary that companies based in the country must pay to their foreign professionals and foreign mid-skilled workers …
Proposed Amendments to the Singapore Companies Act
In light of OECD’s enhanced compliance guidelines and changes in technology in January 2018 the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) initiated an extensive review of the country’s corporate laws …
Singapore Launches Patent Fast Track Programme
The procedure for obtaining a patent can often be a long and arduous task. Your application must be researched, published, reviewed, and then examined — these steps that can take …
China’s Security Law pushes Hong Kong firms to Singapore
On May 28, 2020, the National People’s Congress authorised the drafting and enacting of a national security law for Hong Kong. The law came into effect on 30 June, the …
India ratifies OECD’s MLI – its impact on Singapore-India DTA
In November 2016, OECD members finalized the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (“Multilateral Instrument” or “MLI”). MLI targets the implementation …
Singapore implements a central register of company controllers
Several new compliance initiatives were announced by the Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) at two joint sessions in February. These include implementing …