by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 12, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Filing the Annual Return with ACRA is one of the two hard deadlines every Singapore company must hit every year (the other is the corporate tax return with IRAS). Miss it, and your company accrues late lodgement penalties, its directors risk enforcement action, and —...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 12, 2026 | Accounting, Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
For most Singapore private companies, the annual statutory audit is the single largest recurring compliance cost. It is also, for a large slice of the SME landscape, entirely optional. Since 2015, Singapore has operated a “Small Company” audit exemption...
by Willie Tan | Jul 12, 2026 | Running Your Company
Introduction Directors of ordinary companies often ask what AML/CFT obligations they personally need to understand and oversee. AML/CFT Obligations for Ordinary Companies in Singapore: What Directors Should Know explains the key responsibilities, whether your company...
by Willie Tan | Jul 11, 2026 | Running Your Company
Introduction Companies incorporated in Singapore are subject to enhanced beneficial ownership and controller requirements introduced by ACRA. Understanding ACRA’s enhanced beneficial ownership and controller requirements is essential to maintain compliance under the...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 10, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
When shares in a Singapore private company change hands under compulsion — a buy-out ordered by the court in a section 216 oppression claim, a squeeze-out under a 90% takeover, a divorce settlement, or a shareholders’ agreement pre-emption right — the parties...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 10, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
When a Singapore company wants to reduce its issued share capital — to return excess cash to shareholders, absorb accumulated losses, or restructure a group balance sheet — the Companies Act 1967 gives it two paths. The solvency-based procedure under section 78B is...
