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October 24, 2026

Certified HR Professional Singapore 2028: What Employers With More Than 200 Staff Must Do

From 1 July 2028, organisations in Singapore with more than 200 employees must have at least one HR professional certified at IHRP-CP level or higher. Here is who…

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October 24, 2026

How to Start a Cleaning Business in Singapore: NEA Licence, Progressive Wages and Work Permits

A step-by-step guide to starting a cleaning company in Singapore: incorporating, choosing the right NEA cleaning business licence class, paying Progressive Wage Model wages, hiring foreign cleaners within…

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October 24, 2026

Flip Structure Singapore: How Southeast Asian Founders Move a Startup Holding Company to Singapore

How a flip works for Southeast Asian founders: the share-for-share swap into a Singapore holdco, section 15 stamp duty relief conditions, investor consents, ESOP replacement, the corporate secretarial…

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October 24, 2026

Singapore Company for Indonesian Founders: Resident Director, Holding Structure, Tax Treaty and Banking

How Indonesian founders set up a Singapore company: the resident director rule, holding a PT through Singapore, treaty withholding rates, the IRAS certificate of residence test, the registered…

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October 24, 2026

Singapore vs Dubai Company for Trading and Holding Businesses: Tax, Substance and Banking Compared

Singapore's 17% with partial exemption against the UAE's 0% and 9% rates: how a trading or holding company compares on tax, free zone conditions, treaties, substance and banking.

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October 24, 2026

Post Judgment Interest in Singapore: Late Invoices, Court Awards and the 5.33% Rate

Interest on unpaid invoices and judgment debts in Singapore explained: when contractual late-payment interest is enforceable, when the court awards pre-judgment interest under the Civil Law Act, the…

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October 24, 2026

Bank Loan Recall on a Singapore Company: Standstill, Moratorium, SIP 2.0 and Guarantor Risk

What a Singapore company can do after its bank recalls a loan: read the recall, request a standstill, negotiate a workout, apply for an IRDA s 64 moratorium…

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Wall calendar with red push pins marking dates and the 30th circled in red, representing the deadline to sue for an unpaid debt

October 24, 2026

Debt Limitation Period in Singapore: How Long You Have to Sue for an Unpaid Business Debt

The 6-year rule for contract debts under the Limitation Act 1959, when time starts, how a signed acknowledgment or part payment restarts it, the 12-year rule for judgments,…

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Empty meeting room with a long white table and moulded chairs behind a glass wall, the kind of room where creditors meet to vote on a judicial manager's proposals

October 24, 2026

Judicial Management Changes 2026: What MinLaw’s May 2026 Decision Means for SME Owners and Creditors

MinLaw broadly accepted reforms to judicial management, judicial manager fees and cross-class cramdown on 14 May 2026, but as at 24 October 2026 no amending bill has been…

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October 24, 2026

How Much Does It Cost to Go to Court in Singapore? Court Fees and Legal Costs for Common Business Disputes

The official Singapore court fees for business disputes at each stage, from filing to trial hearing days, enforcement and winding up deposits, how lawyers price litigation, and how…

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