Question 1

How do I get started incorporating a Singapore company with Sequence?

Accepted Answer

Start by contacting Sequence and deciding two things: whether you are incorporating a new company or moving an existing one, and whether you want us to keep the books. From there, the Foundations plan covers incorporation with a standard constitution, a named company secretary, a registered office with digital mailroom, and the AGM and annual return with the ACRA fee included. Everything is set out in the engagement letter before you sign it.

Question 2

How much does it cost to incorporate a company with Sequence?

Accepted Answer

First-year incorporation pricing starts at S$755 for a local owner and S$2,495 for a foreign owner, all-in with government fees included. The exact figure depends on whether you add accounting or group services, with local options at S$755, S$1,575 or S$2,175 and foreign options at S$2,495, S$3,315 or S$3,915. Payroll, Employment Pass applications and GST registration are separate priced add-ons.

Question 3

What is included in the Foundations plan?

Accepted Answer

Foundations covers incorporation or transfer-in with a standard constitution, a named company secretary, a registered office with digital mailroom, and the AGM and annual return with the ACRA fee included. It also keeps your registers of members, directors' interests and registrable controllers current, provides standard resolutions through the year, answers routine corporate secretarial queries through your named secretary, and manages government grants as part of the work.

Question 4

Do you help foreign owners set up a Singapore company?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Foreign owner plans add a nominee director and bank account opening to the Foundations package. First-year pricing for a foreign owner is S$2,495, S$3,315 or S$3,915, depending on whether you add accounting or group services, with government fees included. Everything is agreed in the engagement letter before work begins.

Question 5

How much does it cost to transfer an existing company to Sequence?

Accepted Answer

First-year transfer-in pricing is S$380, S$1,200 or S$1,800 for a local owner, and S$1,880, S$2,700 or S$3,300 for a foreign owner. The price depends on whether you add accounting or group services, and it is all-in with government fees included. A foreign owner transfer also adds nominee director and bank account opening.

Question 6

What happens after I engage Sequence to look after my company?

Accepted Answer

Work runs in four stages: Discover, Structure, Operate and Scale. We first read what you have, including registers, ledgers, filings and gaps; then entities, systems and registers are set up or put right; then we run the work month to month and file ahead of the date. Scale adds management reporting, forecasting and fundraising support when you are ready.

Question 7

Is Sequence authorised to file documents with ACRA?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Sequence Business Services Pte. Ltd. is an ACRA Registered Filing Agent, FA20230485, and was founded in Singapore in 2023. Where work requires a licensed legal practice, it is carried out by our partner firm, KJ Loway LLC. Every statutory date sits on our calendar, with the work scheduled before it falls due.

Question 8

What is the difference between Foundations and Foundations + Accounting?

Accepted Answer

Foundations covers the corporate secretarial side: incorporation or transfer-in, a named company secretary, registered office, AGM and annual return, registers and standard resolutions. Foundations + Accounting adds bookkeeping with monthly management accounts, 120 transactions a year, unaudited financial statements and XBRL filing, quarterly GST filing, ECI and Form C-S or C, and a tax position reviewed through the year. A group tier adds consolidation for one parent and one subsidiary.

Question 9

What business structures can I register in Singapore?

Accepted Answer

ACRA registers five: a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a limited partnership, a limited liability partnership, and a company, which for most owners means a private company limited by shares. The choice is not cosmetic. It decides whether the business is a separate legal person from you, whether your own assets stand behind its debts, how it is taxed, and how easily you can bring in an investor or sell later. We would rather talk through the structure before you register than unwind the wrong one afterwards.

Question 10

What is the difference between a sole proprietorship and a private limited company?

Accepted Answer

Legal separation, and what that means when something goes wrong. A sole proprietorship is not a separate legal entity, so the owner carries the liabilities of the business personally and without limit. A company is a separate legal entity: ACRA’s own wording is that it can sue, be sued, and own property in the company’s name, and the shareholders’ exposure is limited to what they put in. That separation is also why a company can raise capital, bring in shareholders and be sold as a whole, and why nearly every business that intends to grow or be sold is incorporated rather than registered as a sole proprietorship.

Question 11

How many shareholders and directors does a Singapore company need?

Accepted Answer

One of each is enough to incorporate. Every company must have at least one shareholder and at least one director, and a private company limited by shares can have up to 50 shareholders, individuals or corporate entities. At least one director must be ordinarily resident in Singapore. The same person can be both sole shareholder and sole director, but that person cannot also be the company secretary.

Question 12

How much share capital do I need to start a Singapore company?

Accepted Answer

S$1. ACRA requires only that a company with share capital has at least S$1 in it to start, so capital is not the barrier people expect. That said, the figure is public and banks, landlords and counterparties do look at it, so a nominal S$1 is not always the right answer commercially even though it is sufficient legally. We would size it against what you actually intend to do with the company.

Question 13

How should a foreign company set up a presence in Singapore?

Accepted Answer

There are four routes, and they are not interchangeable. A subsidiary is a Singapore company you own, and is the usual choice because it is a separate legal entity with its own limited liability. A branch registers the foreign company itself here, so the parent carries the liability directly. A representative office is a limited, temporary presence for market research that cannot trade. Re-domiciliation moves an existing foreign company’s registration to Singapore outright. Which one is right turns on whether you intend to contract and invoice here, and on how you want the liability to sit.

Question 14

How long can a representative office operate in Singapore?

Accepted Answer

Three years at most. A representative office is granted an initial validity of one year, extendable case by case, to a maximum of three years in total, with no renewal beyond that. It is registered by Enterprise Singapore for manufacturing, trading and wholesale activities, by MAS for banking, finance and insurance, and by the Ministry of Law for a foreign law practice. Because it cannot trade and cannot be extended indefinitely, it is best treated as a look-before-you-commit step rather than a structure to settle into.

Question 15

Do I need to appoint my own company secretary, or does Sequence provide one?

Accepted Answer

Sequence provides a named company secretary as part of the service, so you do not need to appoint one separately. That named secretary answers your routine corporate secretarial queries through the year. The service runs from incorporation through to striking off, with a lead who knows the company rather than a shared inbox.

Question 16

What does your corporate secretarial service actually include?

Accepted Answer

The plan covers a named company secretary, your registered office with a digital mailroom, the AGM and annual return, and standard resolutions through the year. Your registers of members, directors' interests and registrable controllers are kept current, and the ACRA annual return fee is included. Routine queries go to your named secretary.

Question 17

Do we still have to hold an AGM every year, and who files the annual return?

Accepted Answer

Both the AGM and the annual return are handled inside the corporate secretarial service, so Sequence runs the paperwork and files the return for you. For a 31 December year end the published compliance year tracks the AGM at six months and the annual return at seven. Both sit on our calendar, not yours.

Question 18

When must we hold the AGM and file the annual return?

Accepted Answer

ACRA measures both from your financial year end, not from each other. A private company must hold its AGM within six months of financial year end, and file its annual return within seven. Companies with share capital and an overseas branch register get eight months for the return. So for a 31 December year end the AGM falls due by 30 June and the annual return by 31 July. A 60-day extension can be applied for at S$200, but it is a fallback rather than a plan. Every one of these dates sits on our calendar rather than yours, and the work is scheduled before it falls due.

Question 19

What happens if we miss a statutory filing deadline?

Accepted Answer

It costs money quickly and the exposure sits with the directors personally. ACRA charges a late lodgement penalty of S$300 on an annual return filed up to three months past its due date, and S$600 beyond that, applied automatically on submission. Persistent default goes further: a court fine of up to S$10,000 per charge, and a director convicted of three or more filing offences within five years faces a five-year disqualification. On the tax side, IRAS can issue an estimated assessment you must pay within a month, offer a composition of up to S$5,000 per offence in place of prosecution, and where a company has not filed for two or more years, seek a penalty of twice the tax assessed on conviction. None of it is discretionary once triggered, which is the argument for filing ahead of the date rather than on it.

Question 20

Does your annual return service include the ACRA filing fee?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The AGM and annual return are listed in the plan with the ACRA fee included, and first-year prices are quoted all-in with government fees included. There is no separate filing charge to watch for. Everything included is written into the engagement letter before you sign it.

Question 21

Do you keep our statutory registers up to date?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Registers of members, directors' interests and registrable controllers are kept current as part of the Foundations plan, and standard resolutions through the year are included alongside them. The same records that keep a company compliant are what a buyer asks for first.

Question 22

Can you handle a change of directors or shareholders, and the resolutions that go with it?

Accepted Answer

Changes to directors, shareholders or capital are a priced add-on, listed from S$16. Standard resolutions through the year are included in the plan, while non-standard resolutions are priced from S$60. Your named secretary answers routine corporate secretarial queries through the year.

Question 23

What does your corporate secretarial plan cost for the first year?

Accepted Answer

First-year prices are all-in with government fees included: a local owner incorporating pays S$755 on the base Foundations plan, and a transfer-in from another provider starts at S$380. Each step up adds accounting, then group consolidation. A foreign owner adds a nominee director and bank account opening.

Question 24

Does my company need a Singapore-resident director?

Accepted Answer

Yes. ACRA requires at least one director who is ordinarily resident in Singapore, and a company cannot be incorporated without one. A Singapore citizen qualifies, and so does a Singapore permanent resident. Past those two the position is less settled than it looks: ACRA’s own guidance pages do not list the eligible passes identically, so whether a particular pass holder qualifies has to be checked against that individual’s actual status rather than assumed from the pass type. Where an owner has nobody suitable, the requirement is met by appointing a nominee director. That appointment falls within the scope of our foreign owner plans, and what a nominee director is actually obliged to do is set out further down this section.

Question 25

When must we appoint a company secretary, and who can do the job?

Accepted Answer

Within six months of incorporation, and the role cannot be left vacant beyond that. The secretary must be a natural person rather than a company, must be locally resident, and cannot be the same person as a sole director, which is the point most first-time owners are caught by. Sequence provides a named company secretary as part of the service, so the appointment is made properly and the person behind it actually knows your company.

Question 26

What is a registrable controller, and what do we have to do about it?

Accepted Answer

A registrable controller is a person or entity with significant interest in, or significant control over, your company, which usually means substantial ownership or the ability to direct it. Every company must keep a Register of Registrable Controllers and, unless exempt, file that information centrally with ACRA. For companies incorporated from 16 June 2025 the register must be set up on the day of incorporation, not at leisure afterwards. ACRA’s guidance describes the concept rather than reproducing the statutory test, so an unusual ownership chain is worth checking properly. Keeping this register current is part of our corporate secretarial work.

Question 27

Which statutory registers does my company have to keep?

Accepted Answer

Two sets, held differently. The electronic registers of members, directors, secretaries, chief executives and auditors are maintained through Bizfile and update when a filing is made. The Register of Registrable Controllers and the Register of Nominee Directors and Nominee Shareholders are kept by the company itself, at your registered office or your corporate service provider’s office, and filed to ACRA centrally as well. The second set is the one companies forget, because nothing prompts you. We keep all of them current as part of the plan.

Question 28

What are a nominee director’s obligations?

Accepted Answer

Disclosure, and the full duties of any other director. A nominee director must tell the company they are a nominee, on the date of incorporation or within 30 days of becoming one, and the company records that in its Register of Nominee Directors. That register is set up on the day of registration, updated within seven days of any change, and filed centrally with ACRA within two business days of the private register being updated. The point worth understanding is that nominee status changes none of the legal duties: a nominee director carries the same statutory responsibilities as any other director, which is why the role is a service to be taken seriously rather than a name to be lent.

Question 29

How quickly must we tell ACRA when something changes?

Accepted Answer

Fourteen days, for most of what changes. Appointing or removing a director or other officer, changing the registered office address, and a transfer of shares all have to be filed within 14 days. It is a short window, and it runs from the change rather than from when you get round to telling anyone, which is why changes agreed in a meeting and filed a month later are a common source of avoidable penalties. Tell your named secretary when something is decided and the filing is handled from there.

Question 30

How do we transfer shares in the company?

Accepted Answer

The transfer is documented between the parties, approved as the constitution requires, stamp duty is dealt with, and the change is filed with ACRA within 14 days, after which the electronic register of members reflects the new holding. The paperwork is straightforward; what catches people is the constitution’s own restrictions on transfer, such as pre-emption rights that have to be offered or waived first. We prepare the resolutions and make the filing, and where the transfer is part of a sale of the business, our brokerage line handles the transaction side separately.

Question 31

How do we change the company name?

Accepted Answer

It is a two-step process rather than a simple notification. The proposed name has to be applied for and approved first, then the change is filed against the approved transaction together with the special resolution passed by the shareholders. Because approval is not guaranteed, do not order signage or change your domain before the name clears. We run both steps and update the registers and your statutory documents afterwards.

Question 32

How long do we have to keep the company’s records?

Accepted Answer

Five years, on both counts, but measured from different points. ACRA’s guidance for directors is to keep records for at least five years after the end of the financial year in which the transaction was completed. IRAS requires source documents, accounting records, bank statements and supporting schedules to be kept for at least five years from the relevant Year of Assessment, and that obligation survives the company: records must still be kept for five years after a strike-off, dissolution or winding up. Digital copies are acceptable, which makes the practical answer to keep everything rather than decide year by year what to discard.

Question 33

Do you handle GST registration and quarterly GST filing?

Accepted Answer

Yes. GST registration and quarterly filing are part of our Accounting and Tax work, and GST F5 is filed each quarter. Registration itself is a priced add-on at S$120. The compliance calendar shows GST F5 in March, June, September and December for a 31 December year end.

Question 34

Do I need to register my company for GST?

Accepted Answer

You must register for GST once your taxable turnover passes S$1 million, and IRAS applies two tests. The retrospective test looks back: if turnover was more than S$1 million at the end of the calendar year, you register. The prospective test looks forward: if you reasonably expect turnover to exceed S$1 million in the next 12 months, you register then, without waiting for it to happen. Below the threshold you may still register voluntarily, which is often worth doing if your customers are themselves GST-registered. We watch the threshold against your own ledgers rather than leaving you to notice it.

Question 35

What is the GST rate in Singapore?

Accepted Answer

The current GST rate is 9%, set by IRAS. It rose from 8% at the start of 2024, the last of a two-step increase from 7%. If you are registered, you charge GST at that rate on your standard-rated supplies and recover the GST you pay on business expenses, which is why registration is sometimes worth taking on voluntarily.

Question 36

Does my company need to have its accounts audited?

Accepted Answer

Most owner-run Singapore companies do not, because of the small company exemption under section 205C of the Companies Act. Your company is exempt if it is a private company and it met at least two of these three tests in each of the two immediately preceding financial years: annual revenue of S$10 million or less, total assets of S$10 million or less, and 50 or fewer full-time employees at the financial year end. A company less than two years old is tested against its current financial year instead. If your company sits in a group, the group must also meet two of the same three tests on a consolidated basis, including foreign entities. ACRA has consulted on raising these thresholds, so the position is worth rechecking rather than assumed to be settled.

Question 37

What is the corporate tax rate for a Singapore company?

Accepted Answer

Singapore taxes company profits at a flat 17% of chargeable income, and IRAS applies the same rate to local and foreign companies. That headline rate is rarely what a smaller company actually pays, because the exemption schemes reduce chargeable income before the rate is applied. We compute the position through the year rather than only when the return falls due.

Question 38

What tax exemptions can a newly incorporated company claim?

Accepted Answer

A qualifying new company can claim the Start-Up Tax Exemption for its first three consecutive Years of Assessment: 75% of the first S$100,000 of chargeable income is exempt, and 50% of the next S$100,000, giving up to S$125,000 of exemption a year. To qualify it must be incorporated in Singapore, be tax resident here, and have no more than 20 shareholders throughout the basis period, all individuals or with at least one individual holding at least 10% of the ordinary shares. Investment holding companies and property developers are excluded. Every other company, including those excluded ones and those past their first three years, gets Partial Tax Exemption instead: 75% of the first S$10,000 and 50% of the next S$190,000, up to S$102,500 a year.

Question 39

What is included in your accounting plan?

Accepted Answer

The Accounting tier adds bookkeeping with monthly management accounts, 120 transactions a year, unaudited financial statements and XBRL filing, quarterly GST filing, and ECI and Form C-S or C computed and filed. Your tax position is reviewed through the year, and a cloud accounting subscription is included at cost.

Question 40

What happens if my company has more than 120 accounting transactions in a year?

Accepted Answer

Further accounting transactions are charged at S$120 per block of 120. The plan includes 120 transactions a year, so anything beyond that is a priced add-on rather than absorbed. The scope and the fee are agreed with you before the work starts.

Question 41

When is my company's ECI due?

Accepted Answer

ECI falls three months after your financial year end, so for a 31 December year end it lands in March. Every statutory date sits on our calendar, and the ECI is computed and filed for you as part of the Accounting tier.

Question 42

Can my company skip filing ECI?

Accepted Answer

Yes, if you meet both of IRAS’s waiver conditions for that year: annual revenue of S$5 million or less, and an ECI of nil. Meet both and you simply do not file, with no need to tell IRAS or ask for confirmation. Miss either one and ECI is due within three months of your financial year end. We check the two conditions against your own figures each year rather than filing or skipping out of habit.

Question 43

When do you file my company's Form C-S?

Accepted Answer

For a 31 December year end, Form C-S is due by 30 November. We compute and file it as part of the Accounting tier, and your tax position is reviewed through the year rather than only when the return falls due.

Question 44

How much does your accounting service cost?

Accepted Answer

The Foundations + Accounting tier is S$1,575 for the first year for a local owner incorporating a company, all-in with government fees included. Transferring an existing local company in at that tier is S$1,200 for the first year. Foreign owner plans include a nominee director and bank account opening, and cost more.

Question 45

Is the accounting software subscription included?

Accepted Answer

A cloud accounting subscription is included at cost, so you pay the subscription itself and we do not add a markup. It sits inside the Accounting tier alongside the bookkeeping, monthly management accounts, unaudited financial statements and the XBRL filing.

Question 46

Do you handle monthly payroll and CPF contributions for Singapore companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Monthly payroll with contributions handled sits within our HR and Government offering, and payroll and CPF appear on the compliance calendar for every month of the year. Those dates are tracked on our calendar rather than yours, so the work is scheduled and filed before it falls due.

Question 47

How much do you charge to run payroll for my team?

Accepted Answer

Payroll is a priced add-on at S$30 per employee per month, charged on top of your chosen plan. It appears in the priced add-ons rather than the plan inclusions, so it is quoted and agreed separately. The scope and the fee are set out in the engagement letter before you sign it.

Question 48

Can you apply for an Employment Pass for a new foreign hire?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Employment passes and renewals sit inside our HR and Government offering, so a new foreign hire can be covered. An Employment Pass application is listed as a priced add-on at S$500, charged on top of your plan fee rather than inside it. Monthly payroll with contributions handled is available separately at S$30 per employee.

Question 49

What salary do we have to pay for an Employment Pass to be approved?

Accepted Answer

MOM sets a minimum qualifying salary that rises with the candidate’s age, because it is benchmarked to the top third of local professional salaries. For applications made now, it runs from S$5,600 a month for a candidate aged 23 or below to S$10,700 at 45 and above, and financial services roles are held to a higher scale, from S$6,200 to S$11,800. Those figures rise on 1 January 2027 for new applications, and on 1 January 2028 for renewals: S$6,000 to S$11,500 for most sectors, and S$6,600 to S$12,700 in financial services. If you are budgeting a hire that straddles those dates, plan against the higher number. Meeting the salary floor is necessary but not sufficient, because the application must also pass COMPASS.

Question 50

What is COMPASS, and how does it affect our Employment Pass application?

Accepted Answer

COMPASS is the points framework MOM scores every Employment Pass application against, and an application needs 40 points to pass it. Four criteria carry the score: the candidate’s salary against local benchmarks, their qualifications, how much your existing workforce shares the candidate’s nationality, and your share of local professional staff against your sector. Two further criteria can add bonus points, for skills on the shortage occupation list and for firms in strategic economic priority areas. Two of the four are about your company rather than the candidate, which is why the same person can score differently at two employers. Candidates earning a fixed monthly salary of at least S$22,500 are exempt from COMPASS altogether.

Question 51

How long does an Employment Pass application take?

Accepted Answer

MOM states that applications submitted online are processed, or receive an update, within 10 business days. Where the application is sponsored by an overseas company with no registered Singapore entity, MOM allows up to six weeks for most cases. Those are MOM’s own service standards rather than a guarantee, and an application that draws queries or an appeal will take longer. We handle the submission as a priced add-on at S$500 and tell you where it stands rather than leaving you to check.

Question 52

Who handles our CPF and IRAS registrations when we take on our first employee?

Accepted Answer

We do. CPF and IRAS registrations sit within the HR and Government offering, alongside employment passes and monthly payroll, so one team handles all of it. Every client also has a named lead who knows the business and answers directly.

Question 53

How often do you file payroll and CPF?

Accepted Answer

Payroll and CPF run every month of the year. They sit on our compliance calendar with the other recurring filings, and the work is scheduled before each date rather than waiting for a reminder. You hear from us when a filing is done, not when it falls due.

Question 54

How do we get started with your HR and payroll service?

Accepted Answer

Send us an enquiry through the contact form and a named member of the team will reply within one business day. We start by reading what you already have, put the registers and systems right, then run payroll and filings month to month on our calendar.

Question 55

Do you prepare employment contracts for new hires?

Accepted Answer

Employment documents are drafted and reviewed within our Legal Operations offering and kept in step with your registers and filings. Work that requires a licensed practice is carried out by our partner firm, KJ Loway LLC. Sequence itself does not provide legal advice.

Question 56

What does Sequence's legal operations service cover?

Accepted Answer

Sequence's Legal Operations covers contracts drafted and reviewed, corporate governance, and shareholder and employment documents. These are kept in step with your registers and your filings. Work that requires a licensed practice is carried out by Sequence's partner firm, KJ Loway LLC.

Question 57

Who actually drafts and reviews my contracts?

Accepted Answer

Contract drafting and review sits under Sequence's Legal Operations, alongside corporate governance and shareholder and employment documents. Work that requires a licensed practice is carried out by Sequence's partner firm, KJ Loway LLC, whose site is kjloway.com. That is part of the Business Services offering.

Question 58

Do I need a separate law firm for shareholder or employment documents?

Accepted Answer

Not necessarily for the document work covered by Sequence's Legal Operations. That offering includes shareholder and employment documents, kept in step with your registers and filings. Where the work requires a licensed practice, it is carried out by Sequence's partner firm, KJ Loway LLC.

Question 59

Does Sequence provide legal advice?

Accepted Answer

No. Sequence does not provide legal advice of any kind in any jurisdiction. Work that requires a licensed practice is carried out by Sequence's partner firm, KJ Loway LLC. You should obtain your own independent professional and legal advice before entering into any transaction.

Question 60

Who is KJ Loway LLC?

Accepted Answer

KJ Loway LLC is the partner firm Sequence works with for work that requires a licensed practice. Sequence's Legal Operations covers contracts, corporate governance, and shareholder and employment documents, with licensed legal work carried out by KJ Loway LLC. Their site is kjloway.com.

Question 61

Can you keep my contracts aligned with my company registers and filings?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Legal Operations covers contracts drafted and reviewed, corporate governance, and shareholder and employment documents, kept in step with your registers and your filings. Work that requires a licensed practice goes to Sequence's partner firm, KJ Loway LLC. Both sit within Business Services.

Question 62

Is Sequence a law firm?

Accepted Answer

Sequence is a corporate services firm and an ACRA Registered Filing Agent. Work that requires a licensed practice is carried out by Sequence's partner firm, KJ Loway LLC. Sequence itself does not provide legal advice of any kind in any jurisdiction.

Question 63

Do you help with corporate governance and statutory registers?

Accepted Answer

Corporate governance is part of Sequence's Legal Operations, alongside contracts and shareholder and employment documents. These are kept in step with your registers and filings. Sequence's Business Services also includes corporate secretarial work that keeps registers of members, directors' interests and registrable controllers current.

Question 64

What happens when we want to close the company?

Accepted Answer

There are two routes and the debts decide which one you are on. A company that is inactive and owes nothing can apply to ACRA to be struck off the register. A company with debts to settle has to be wound up instead, which is a formal liquidation rather than an application. Either way the final accounts, tax position and filings have to be brought up to date first, because you cannot close out of a mess. Closing off a business is within our scope from the start, so the same team that ran the compliance closes it.

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FAQs

How do I get started incorporating a Singapore company with Sequence?

How much does it cost to incorporate a company with Sequence?

What is included in the Foundations plan?

Do you help foreign owners set up a Singapore company?

How much does it cost to transfer an existing company to Sequence?

What happens after I engage Sequence to look after my company?

Is Sequence authorised to file documents with ACRA?

What is the difference between Foundations and Foundations + Accounting?

What business structures can I register in Singapore?

What is the difference between a sole proprietorship and a private limited company?

How many shareholders and directors does a Singapore company need?

How much share capital do I need to start a Singapore company?

How should a foreign company set up a presence in Singapore?

How long can a representative office operate in Singapore?

Do I need to appoint my own company secretary, or does Sequence provide one?

What does your corporate secretarial service actually include?

Do we still have to hold an AGM every year, and who files the annual return?

When must we hold the AGM and file the annual return?

What happens if we miss a statutory filing deadline?

Does your annual return service include the ACRA filing fee?

Do you keep our statutory registers up to date?

Can you handle a change of directors or shareholders, and the resolutions that go with it?

What does your corporate secretarial plan cost for the first year?

Does my company need a Singapore-resident director?

When must we appoint a company secretary, and who can do the job?

What is a registrable controller, and what do we have to do about it?

Which statutory registers does my company have to keep?

What are a nominee director’s obligations?

How quickly must we tell ACRA when something changes?

How do we transfer shares in the company?

How do we change the company name?

How long do we have to keep the company’s records?

Do you handle GST registration and quarterly GST filing?

Do I need to register my company for GST?

What is the GST rate in Singapore?

Does my company need to have its accounts audited?

What is the corporate tax rate for a Singapore company?

What tax exemptions can a newly incorporated company claim?

What is included in your accounting plan?

What happens if my company has more than 120 accounting transactions in a year?

When is my company's ECI due?

Can my company skip filing ECI?

When do you file my company's Form C-S?

How much does your accounting service cost?

Is the accounting software subscription included?

Do you handle monthly payroll and CPF contributions for Singapore companies?

How much do you charge to run payroll for my team?

Can you apply for an Employment Pass for a new foreign hire?

What salary do we have to pay for an Employment Pass to be approved?

What is COMPASS, and how does it affect our Employment Pass application?

How long does an Employment Pass application take?

Who handles our CPF and IRAS registrations when we take on our first employee?

How often do you file payroll and CPF?

How do we get started with your HR and payroll service?

Do you prepare employment contracts for new hires?

What does Sequence's legal operations service cover?

Who actually drafts and reviews my contracts?

Do I need a separate law firm for shareholder or employment documents?

Does Sequence provide legal advice?

Who is KJ Loway LLC?

Can you keep my contracts aligned with my company registers and filings?

Is Sequence a law firm?

Do you help with corporate governance and statutory registers?

What happens when we want to close the company?

What is the difference between striking off and winding up?

How long does striking a company off take?

I would rather sell the business than close it. What changes?

How much does it cost to set up a Singapore company with Sequence?

What is included in the Foundations plan?

What is the difference between your three plans?

What does it cost if the owner is a foreigner?

How much does it cost to move my existing company to Sequence?

Are government fees included in the plan prices?

How much do you charge for payroll and for extra accounting transactions?

What do you charge for an Employment Pass application or GST registration?

What do you charge when I change directors, shareholders or capital?

When do I find out exactly what I am paying, and can the fee change?