by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 7, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Registering a branch in Singapore is the easy part. Keeping it compliant, year after year, is where foreign parents often stumble. A registered foreign company (a branch) does not file the same annual return as a locally incorporated company, but it does have its own...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 7, 2026 | Running Your Company, Tax
For decades, one of Singapore’s most attractive features was simple: it did not tax capital gains. A company could sell a foreign asset at a profit, bring the money home, and pay no Singapore tax on the gain. Since 1 January 2024, that is no longer universally...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 7, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
When a Singapore company grants security over its assets to secure a loan, that charge is registered with ACRA so the world can see it. But what happens when the loan is repaid and the security is released? The charge does not disappear from the public register by...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 7, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
A foreign company that once registered a branch in Singapore does not simply walk away when it decides to leave. Whether the parent has closed the Singapore operation, restructured into a subsidiary, or wound down the whole group, the branch must be deregistered...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 7, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Most Singapore companies pay dividends in cash. But there are times when a company wants to distribute an asset instead, a parcel of shares in a subsidiary, a piece of investment property, or a portfolio of securities, rather than write a cheque. That is a dividend in...
