Incorporation Services
How to register a company in Singapore?
Singapore is known for its ease of doing business, robust IP protection, attractive corporate tax framework, excellent connectivity, strategic geographical location with proximity to the world’s largest emerging markets, and comprehensive trade agreements with over 100 regions of the world. Singapore is a top-notch financial center.
All this makes the city-state the best place in Asia to incorporate a new company, open a subsidiary, or just have a branch or representative office.
Singapore is known for its ease of doing business, robust IP protection, attractive corporate tax framework, excellent connectivity, strategic geographical location with proximity to the world’s largest emerging markets, and comprehensive trade agreements with over 100 regions of the world. Singapore is a top-notch financial center.
All this makes the city-state the best place in Asia to incorporate a new company, open a subsidiary, or just have a branch or representative office.
Types of Singapore entities
Once you decide so, you have five different types of entities to choose from –
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Sole-Proprietorship,
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Ordinary Business Partnership,
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Limited Partnership,
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Limited Liability Partnership (LLP),
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Private Limited company.
Key requirements for Singapore New Company Incorporation
It must also be noted that ACRA – the Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore, mandates that all Singapore companies must be registered under the country’s Companies Act and abide by its rules and regulations. And to register or incorporate a private limited company, the key requirements are:
Set-up Requirements
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Minimum 1 Shareholder
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1 resident Director
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1 Company Secretary
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Local registered address
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$1 paid-up capital
Meanwhile, to incorporate, you will be required to submit a copy of passport, proof of residential address and bank reference letter for every non-resident shareholder and director; whereas for each resident shareholder/director, documents needed are a copy of Singapore ID, and copy of passport for foreign individuals.
If the shareholder is a corporate entity, documents needed are a copy of the parent company’s certificate of incorporation, and a copy of official documents reflecting the registered address and directors of the parent company.
How we can help you start a company in Singapore?
As noted above, the entrepreneurial environment is so evolved in the city-state that it takes only a few hours for a company registration specialist such as us to help with company incorporation services in Singapore.
We also help satisfy all the key requirements needed to register the entity and manage several post-incorporation requirements including annual filing requirements with ACRA and Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, accounting and bookkeeping, and payroll management, among others.
Foreigners incorporating in Singapore must engage the services of a corporate service provider to register a Singapore company. Even local entrepreneurs are advised to do the same as they may not be fully familiar with the Singapore company law and compliance requirements.