by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 31, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Not every route to working in Singapore involves a full employment pass and a long-term commitment. For young graduates and students from a select group of countries, the Work Holiday Pass offers a short, flexible way to live and work in Singapore for up to six...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 31, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Starting a Company
Most people picture a Singapore company as a private limited company with shares and shareholders. But there is another form that suits a very different purpose: the company limited by guarantee. It has no share capital and no shareholders. Instead it has members who...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 31, 2026 | Running Your Company, Tax
When a Singapore company buys intellectual property, whether a patent, a trademark or a portfolio of trade secrets, the cost is usually capital in nature and cannot be deducted outright against income. Section 19B of the Income Tax Act 1947 solves this by allowing the...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 31, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Since 2017, every Singapore company has been legally required to know who really owns and controls it, and to write that information down in a register. That register is the Register of Registrable Controllers, universally shortened to the RORC. It is one of the most...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 31, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Starting a Company
Every company incorporated in Singapore must have a company secretary. It is not an optional back-office role or a title you hand out for convenience. The company secretary is a statutory officer under the Companies Act 1967, and the law is specific about who can hold...
