What I need to know before incorporating?

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 Maybank 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

Submit and manage your purchase invoices and receipts with Sleek

Manage my submitted purchase documents

Submit your expense receipts via Sleek app

Submit your expense receipts by email

Submit your expense receipts via WhatsApp

Manage your users who can submit documents for accounting

Introduction to types of financial statements

Difference between consolidated management accounts and group unaudited financial statements

Introduction to GST (or VAT) in Singapore

How do I file a GST return?

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?

Introduction to SleekBooks

Introduction to Xero

Transfer of your Xero subscription to Sleek

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

How to create a sales invoice in Xero

How to create a repeating sales invoice in Xero

Introduction to E-invoicing on Xero

How to register for E-invoicing on Xero

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

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

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)

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

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

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 My MOM Portal access?

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

Letter of Consent

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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18 articles

The 5 requirements to incorporate my company

What are the requirements to incorporate a company in Singapore?

Updated 3 years ago by QuentinC

My Pre-incorporation checklist

We have compiled a checklist for you.

Updated 3 years ago by QuentinC

Tips on picking my company's name

A list of tips to help you come up with a perfect name.

Updated 3 years ago by QuentinC

Role of a company secretary

What does a company secretary do in Singapore?

Updated 3 years ago by QuentinC

Director and local Director

Roles and responsibilities of a director.

Updated 3 years ago by QuentinC

Nominee Director

Many foreigner and foreign entrepreneurs and business owners take up the use of a Local Nominee Director Services.

Updated 2 months ago by Layton Leow

Individual and Corporate Shareholder

What is a shareholder? And what are his roles and responsibilities?

Updated 3 years ago by QuentinC

Registered Office Address in Singapore

What are the key considerations for a Registered Office Address in Singapore?

Updated 3 years ago by QuentinC

What is a Share?

What is a share? Definition and meaning.

Updated 3 years ago by Junie Zhu

What is the capital of a company?

An introduction to the capital and the difference between issued share capital and paid-up share capital.

Updated 3 years ago by Junie Zhu