by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 19, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Growing Your Company, Tax
Singapore is now the leading family office hub in Asia. Between 2020 and 2024, MAS approved more than 1,800 family offices, and the pace has continued through 2026 even as the regulator has tightened conditions on substance, business spending and local investment. For...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 19, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Growing Your Company, Tax
Wealthy families in Asia choose Singapore as a family office hub for the same handful of reasons: tax certainty, MAS-grade regulation, deep banking infrastructure, and the time zone for Asian investments. What changes from one family to the next is whether to run a...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 19, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Growing Your Company, Tax
For a family setting up a single family office (SFO) in Singapore, the choice between the Section 13O Onshore Fund Tax Incentive and the Section 13U Enhanced Tier Fund Tax Incentive is the single most consequential decision in the entire structuring exercise. Both...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 19, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Growing Your Company
Becoming a Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) is one of the most asked-about steps for foreign professionals, business owners and family members building a life in Singapore. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) does not publish a fixed scoring formula, but...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 18, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Growing Your Company
The Singapore S Pass is the work pass for mid-skilled foreign employees earning between the Employment Pass and Work Permit pay bands. It is the most commonly used pass in F&B, retail, manufacturing, marine and services — and it remains one of the most heavily...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 18, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Growing Your Company
When a Singapore company disposes of shares in another company, the gain has historically been a grey area — is it capital (tax-free) or revenue (taxable)? Section 13W of the Income Tax Act 1947 settles that question for many disposals by providing a statutory...
