by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 4, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
When a company with operations in more than one country becomes insolvent, one question decides almost everything that follows: where is the company’s centre of main interests, or COMI? In Singapore’s cross-border insolvency framework, a foreign proceeding...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 4, 2026 | Growing Your Company, Running Your Company
For many employers in manufacturing and services, hiring lower-skilled foreign workers has become harder as S Pass qualifying salaries and levies have risen. To give those sectors breathing room, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) operates the Non-Traditional Sources...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 4, 2026 | Running Your Company, Tax
Buying residential property through a company is often floated as a way to hold real estate for investment, succession or asset protection. Before going down that road, there is one number every director and adviser must understand: the Additional Buyer’s Stamp...
by Willie Tan | Aug 4, 2026 | Running Your Company
Introduction Many founders ask which tax incentives and exemptions they may qualify for when starting a company in Singapore. Tax reliefs such as the Start-Up Tax Exemption and other incentive programmes can materially reduce early-stage tax burdens, but eligibility...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 3, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
When a company that has failed abroad has assets, creditors or operations in Singapore, the foreign insolvency officeholder cannot simply walk in and take control. They must first ask the Singapore court to recognise the foreign insolvency proceeding. Recognition is...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 3, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Businesses rarely fail neatly within one country’s borders. A company may be incorporated in one jurisdiction, hold assets in another, and owe money to creditors spread across the region. When such a company becomes insolvent, the courts and insolvency...
