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29 Apr 2022

What You Should Know About Payroll Outsourcing & How to Get Started

It’s always a good thing when your company grows in size. But with the increasing hands-on deck comes a plethora of human resources needs and demands to keep the workforce satisfied. Among the many things the management team has to monitor and address, payroll is one of the very important ones. Payroll can get frustrating […]

25 Feb 2022

2022 Singapore Budget Highlights

This article serves to capture the highlights of the 2022 Singapore Budget announced on 18 February 2022. IMPACT ON BUSINESSES Jobs and Business Support Package Small Business Recovery grants Eligible firms will receive SGD 1,000 for each local employee with mandatory CPF contributions in the period from 1 November 2021 to 31 December 2021, up to a […]

16 Feb 2022

Filing of personal income tax in Singapore

Individuals with an income of more than SGD 22,000 are required to file their Income Tax Returns in Singapore. A non-resident who derives income from Singapore is required to file his Income Tax Return regardless of his income earned. However, if an individual receives a notification from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (“IRAS”) to […]

16 Feb 2022

Disclosure of beneficial ownership in Malaysia companies

Disclosure of beneficial ownership in Malaysia companies There has been increasing focus on issues related to beneficial ownership by several international bodies and organisation especially with media coverage surrounding data leaks in recent years. Data leaks had shown that companies and trusts were used to hide beneficial owners of assets to disguise broad set of […]

01 Nov 2021

Singapore HR & Payroll Newsletter 2

Employment Pass An Employer may apply with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for an employment pass for foreign professionals to work in Singapore. The foreign professionals with acceptable qualifications must be working in managerial, executive or specialised jobs earning minimum fixed monthly salary of SGD 4,500 (Qualifying Salary). For candidates in the financial service sector, […]