Work Visas in Singapore

Sleek Business Account Eligibility

Fees and Pricings

Setting Up and Managing Your Sleek Business Account

Holding Money

Sending Money

Receiving Money

Guides

Sleek Business Account Exceptions

The 5 requirements to incorporate my company

My Pre-incorporation checklist

Tips on picking my company's name

Role of a company secretary

Director and local Director

Nominee Director

Individual and Corporate Shareholder

Registered Office Address in Singapore

What is a Share?

What is the capital of a company?

Introduction to registrable controllers

Setting up an E-commerce Company in Singapore

Singapore government agencies all entrepreneurs should know

What is Unique Entity Number (UEN) in Singapore?

Intellectual Property & Trademarks in Singapore

How to register a company in Singapore: the ultimate guide

Beneficial Owner

Things to consider while starting a Private Limited Company

Limited Liability Partnership

Sole Proprietorship

Holding Company

What is a Special Vehicle Purpose (SPV)?

Subsidiary versus Branch Office in Singapore

Company Limited by Guarantee VS Limited Liability Company

Overview of the different company types in Singapore

Sole proprietorship VS a private limited company in Singapore

Private limited company

The different types of insurance

Sleek Insurance

Types of Business Insurance

Professional Indemnity Insurance

Directors and Officers Insurance or Management Liability Insurance

Public Liability Insurance or Commercial General Liability

Work Insurance Compensation

Commercial Business Package Insurance

KYC documents for my Director

KYC documents for my individual shareholder

KYC documents for my corporate shareholder

KYC documents for the Authorised Corporate Representative

What is an SSIC Code?

How to choose my SSIC Code?

Top 100 most used SSIC codes for companies in Singapore

Permits and Licensing in Singapore

Referral Authority Chart

Permits and licensing for a retail shop

Permits and licensing for trading activities

Permits and licensing for a hotel, boarding house or guest home

Permits and licensing for a spa

Permits and licensing for a travel agency

Permits and licensing for an F&B (food and beverage) business

Permits and licensing for an event management company

Permits and licensing for a real estate agency

Permits and licensing for a publishing business

Permits and licensing for a private education business

What is a Financial Year End (FYE)?

How to choose my Financial Year End (FYE)?

How to choose the office spaces in Singapore?

The FinTech industry in Singapore

Introduction to coworking spaces in Singapore

Dormant Company

Tax waiver for a dormant company

Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) and BizFile

Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS)

Singapore versus Australia

Singapore versus Bangladesh

Singapore versus Indonesia

Singapore versus Sri Lanka

Singapore versus the Philippines

Singapore versus Thailand

Singapore versus India

Singapore versus Vietnam

Singapore versus New Zealand

Singapore versus Malaysia

Singapore versus Hong Kong

Why incorporate in Singapore?

How Sleek can help me to incorporate my company?

Referral Program

Key steps to transfer Company Secretary to Sleek

How to choose the right corporate secretary?

How to activate the two-factor authentication?

Alternate email address

How to renew my services?

How to reset my Sleek password if I forget it?

How to accept invitation from Sleek platform

How to pay an invoice via a payment request?

How to change the email address/password of my Sleek account?

How to add a standard user?

How to check my past transactions and invoices with Sleek?

How to pay by bank transfer or PayNow?

How to appoint a new Company Admin on Sleek platform

How to check the SSIC code of my company?

How to check the Unique Entity Number (UEN) of my company?

How to check the Financial Year End (FYE) of my company?

How to check the incorporation date of my company?

How to check the registered office address of my company?

How to check the capital of my company?

How to download my constitution?

How to download my business profile?

How to access my company's mails?

How to download my registers

My certificate of incorporation

How to download my shareholder/director resolutions

How to SleekSign my documents?

Checking of Pending Documents

Decline of Singnature

Request for your bank account opening through Sleek platform

Introduction to OCBC accounts

Introduction to DBS accounts

Introduction to Maybank accounts

Introduction to UOB accounts

Introduction to WorldFirst accounts

Appointment of a new director

Change of company's name

Change of shareholder's particulars

Change of officer's particulars

Change of business activity

How to change my Financial Year End (FYE)?

Change of registered address

I have changed my registered address, who to notify?

How to transfer my shares?

Resignation of director

What is a stamp duty?

Change of Director

Accounting services with Sleek

Accounting by Expenses

Onboarding process for my accounting

Introduction to E-invoicing on Xero

How to register for E-invoicing on Xero

How to create a sales invoice in Xero

How to create a repeating sales invoice in Xero

Set up bank feeds with Xero

How to set up bank feed for DBS Bank

How to set up bank feed for OCBC Bank

How to set up bank feed for HSBC Bank

How to set up bank feed for UOB Bank

How to set up direct feed for Stripe

How to set up direct feed for TransferWise

How to set up direct feed for WorldFirst

How to set up direct feed for PayPal

Transfer of your Xero subscription to Sleek

How to add expenses to a new Expense Report in Dext

How to add/remove items in existing expense report in Dext

How to edit your expense report in Dext

How to delete your expense report in Dext

Change payment currency of an expenses claim report in Dext

Introduction to GST (or VAT) in Singapore

How do I file a GST return?

Introduction to types of financial statements

Difference between consolidated management accounts and group unaudited financial statements

What is the XBRL?

Year of Assessment (YA)

Requirements for audit exemption

Information required in a tax invoice

How to save on taxes by claiming home rental as a business expense?

Bookkeeping Services in Singapore

Differences between Accounting and Bookkeeping

What is multi-currency and why is it important?

Manage your users who can submit documents for accounting

Submit your expense receipts via WhatsApp

Submit your expense receipts via Sleek app

Submit and manage your purchase invoices and receipts with Sleek

Introduction to SleekBooks

Manage my submitted purchase documents

Submit your expense receipts by email

What is Foreign Worker Levy (FWL)?

What is Central Provident Fund (CPF)?

What is Skills Development Levy (SDL)?

Template for your payslip

What is Self-Help Group (SHG)?

Onboarding process for my payroll

Tips to manage my payroll in Singapore

Dividends Tax in Foreign Jurisdictions

Tax residency of a company in Singapore

Tax exemption of foreign-sourced Income in Singapore

Transfer Pricing in Singapore

How to get a tax residency certificate?

Corporate tax in Singapore

How to set up my CorpPass?

What is the CorpPass?

Introduction to Sleek's Partners

Wise

Google Cloud

Amazon Web Services - AWS

Stripe Atlas

eBay

Spenmo

Hubspot

SGTech

FlySpaces

Hmlet

Google Workspace

Important deadlines for my company

Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Process if you are exempted from holding an Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Process to hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Filing my Annual Return (AR)

Filing my Estimated Chargeable Income (ECI)

Extension of time (EOT) for Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Return (AR)

Common penalties for companies in Singapore

Filing my annual tax return (Form C or Form C-S)

Simple Guide to Shares

What is an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)?

Factors to consider while implementing ESOPs

How does Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) work?

What are the types of dividends in Singapore?

AMENDMENTS OF SHARES (ALLOTMENT)

ALLOTMENT OF SHARES (SPLITTING)

AMENDMENTS OF SHARES (TRANSFER)

What is a company's constitution?

How to amend or adopt a new Constitution

What is a convertible note and how it works?

What is a capital increase?

How to onboard a new shareholder?

How to register the Data Protection Officer (DPO)

What is a Data Protection Officer (DPO)?

What is a capital reduction?

How to decrease my capital?

Steps before raising a round of funding

The 6 main sources of funding for your startup in Singapore

Introduction to Bootstrapping

Accelerators and incubators in Singapore

Where to find my incubator or accelerator

Grants supporting workers and protecting livelihoods to combat Covid-19

Grants supporting Self-Employed Persons (SEPs) to combat Covid-19

Grants supporting families to combat Covid-19

Grants supporting businesses to combat Covid-19

Startup SG Equity Programme

Career Trial Programme

Innovation, R&D and Capability Development Incentives

Productivity & Solutions Grant (PSG)

Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) grant

P-Max Scheme

Enterprise Development Grant (EDG)

ICOs (Initial Coin Offering) in Singapore

Pros and cons of ICO (Initial Coin Offering)

E-signatures in Singapore

8 Ways using e-signatures can benefit your business

How does Singapore law support electronic transactions?

6 digital tools for your business to close deals faster

Two ways to close a company in Singapore

How to strike off my company?

Strike Off Timeline

Work visas available in Singapore

Employment Pass (EP)

Personalised Employment Pass (PEP)

Employment Pass (EP) Online

How to sign up for Employment Pass (EP) Online

Entrepreneur Pass (EntrePass)

How to apply for an Entrepreneur Pass (EntrePass)?

S Pass and key factors to a successful application

Internship and Student Visas

Employment Pass rejected, how to appeal?

5 Key factors in a successful Employment Pass application

Secondary directorship for Employment Pass holders

Long Term Visit Pass (LTVP)

Changes in visa requirements in 2020

Requirements for changing from LOC to EP

ONE Pass

Hiring Employees in Singapore

Recruitment of an Employment Pass holder

Recruitment of a Singaporean Resident

How to Become a Singaporean Permanent Resident (PR)

Ministry of Manpower (MOM)

Jobs Bank

Employment Act

Employment Contract and KETs (key employment terms)

Salary & Bonus

Public Holidays

Hours of Work & Overtime

Annual Leave

Sick Leave

Maternity and Childcare leave

Employment Termination

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Work visas available in Singapore

An introduction to the different work visas in Singapore.

Updated 1 month ago by QuentinC

Employment Pass (EP)

An introduction to the Employment Pass (EP) and the application requirements.

Updated 1 month ago by QuentinC

Personalised Employment Pass (PEP)

An introduction to the Personalised Employment Pass (PEP), who's eligible and the requirements for it.

Updated 2 years ago by Layton Leow

Employment Pass (EP) Online

EP Online is an eService provided by MOM (Ministry of Manpower). Find out more details here.

Updated 4 days ago by Junie Zhu

How to sign up for Employment Pass (EP) Online

Find out more about how to sign up for an Employment Pass Online account as a business employer.

Updated 2 years ago by Layton Leow

Entrepreneur Pass (EntrePass)

An introduction to the Entrepreneur Pass (EntrePass) and the difference between an EntrePass and an Employment Pass.

Updated 2 years ago by Junie Zhu

How to apply for an Entrepreneur Pass (EntrePass)?

The requirements and steps of applying for an EntrePass.

Updated 2 years ago by QuentinC

S Pass and key factors to a successful application

An introduction to the S Pass and the key factors to a successful application.

Updated 4 days ago by Junie Zhu

Internship and Student Visas

An introduction to the internship and Student visas.

Updated 2 years ago by Junie Zhu

Employment Pass rejected, how to appeal?

3 reasons why an Employment Pass is rejected, and how to deal with it.

Updated 2 years ago by QuentinC

5 Key factors in a successful Employment Pass application

Key Factors for your Employment Pass Application.

Updated 2 years ago by QuentinC

Secondary directorship for Employment Pass holders

Find out more about the Letter of Consent for Employment Pass holders.

Updated 2 years ago by Junie Zhu

Long Term Visit Pass (LTVP)

An introduction to the LTVP and the eligibility requirements.

Updated 2 years ago by QuentinC

Changes in visa requirements in 2020

Find out more about the changes in visa requirements in 2020.

Updated 2 years ago by Junie Zhu

Requirements for changing from LOC to EP

There are certain requirements for an LOC holder to meet in order to qualify for an EP. Find out more here.

Updated 2 years ago by Junie Zhu

ONE Pass

What is an Overseas Network & Expertise Pass (ONE Pass)?. The ONE pass is meant for top talent foreigners in business, arts and culture, sports, science and technology, and academia and research. How…

Updated 1 month ago by Lim Che Koon

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