September 17, 2026
Who Can Register a Business in Singapore
Age, residency, bankruptcy, disqualification and work passes. Here is exactly who can register a Singapore business, and what a foreigner cannot do alone.
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September 17, 2026
Appealing a MAS Prohibition Order: How a Removed Representative or Director Challenges a Ban from Singapore’s Financial Industry
When the Monetary Authority of Singapore decides that a representative, director, or chief executive officer is unfit to remain in the financial industry, its principal tool is not…
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September 17, 2026
Section 197 False Trading After the 2026 Rulings: What Recent Market-Manipulation Cases Mean for SGX-Listed Companies and Their Officers
On 9 April 2026, the Attorney-General’s Chambers, the Singapore Police Force and the Monetary Authority of Singapore issued a joint statement confirming that the Court of Appeal had,…
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September 17, 2026
MAS’s Digital Token Service Provider (DTSP) Licence: Why a Singapore-Incorporated Entity Serving Only Overseas Clients Still Needs One
Singapore has long been regarded as a jurisdiction with a light regulatory footprint for crypto and digital-asset businesses that serve only overseas clients, provided they do not touch…
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September 17, 2026
OPW for Administrators and Drivers: What It Means for Your Work Pass Quota and Sponsorship
Most employers who have digested the 1 July 2026 Occupational Progressive Wages (OPW) revision for administrators and drivers treat it purely as a payroll exercise: check the new…
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September 17, 2026
Enterprise Innovation Scheme’s AI Adoption Category: Claiming 400% Deductions After Budget 2026
Budget 2026 added a sixth item to the Enterprise Innovation Scheme’s (EIS) list of qualifying activities: AI adoption. For Years of Assessment (YA) 2027 and 2028, a Singapore…
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September 17, 2026
IRAS’s GST ACAP Renewal, Seventh Edition (1 September 2026): What Changed for Partial Exemption and Technical Clarification Requests
On 1 September 2026, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) published the seventh edition of its e-Tax guide, GST: Renewal of Assisted Compliance Assurance Programme (ACAP) Status.…
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September 17, 2026
The Section 157 Penalty Hike: What the New $20,000 Fine (and Jail) Means for Singapore Directors from 6 May 2026
For years, the maximum penalty for a director who breached the core duties in section 157 of the Companies Act 1967 was, in practical terms, a rounding error:…
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September 17, 2026
Why ACRA Refers or Rejects a Business Registration
ACRA runs four checks before approving a business registration. Here are the referral authorities, the controlled words, the SSIC traps and the disqualifications.
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September 17, 2026
Registering a Business in Singapore: From Decision to UEN
Registering a business in Singapore is two Bizfile transactions and five decisions. Here is the full path from idea to UEN, with real fees and real timings.
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