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Last reviewed 2026-08-18. Rates and thresholds change with each budget — we confirm the current position before advising.
Yes. Singapore allows full foreign ownership of a private limited company with no local shareholding requirement. The constraint sits on the board rather than the cap table: you need at least one director who is ordinarily resident in Singapore — a citizen, permanent resident, or holder of an eligible pass. Founders without a local counterpart typically use a nominee director service to satisfy this.
Frequently one to three working days. Name approval through BizFile+ is often granted within an hour, and incorporation follows immediately once directors and the company secretary are in place. Applications that need referral to another government agency — because of a regulated activity or a sensitive name — can take a few weeks instead.
A flat 17% on chargeable income. The effective rate is usually lower, because of partial tax exemption on the first S$200,000 of chargeable income and a separate start-up tax exemption available to qualifying new companies for their first three years of assessment. Singapore also operates a single-tier system, so dividends paid to shareholders are not taxed again.
Registration is compulsory once taxable turnover exceeds S$1 million over a 12-month period, or when you reasonably expect to cross it. The current rate is 9%. Voluntary registration below the threshold is possible and lets you claim input tax, but it commits you to staying registered for at least two years.
Yes, and this is not optional. Every Singapore company must appoint a qualified company secretary within six months of incorporation, and the role cannot be filled by the sole director. The secretary is responsible for statutory registers, board and shareholder meeting formalities, and ACRA filing deadlines.
Divuzl is a full-stack business services agency: we handle company incorporation and compliance, brand and design, performance marketing and SEO, web and app development, and events and PR. The distinguishing point is scope — most agencies do one pillar and subcontract the rest, which is where deadlines and accountability get lost. We run all four in-house under a single point of contact.
Six markets: India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia and Europe. Each has different company structures, tax regimes and filing calendars, so we maintain separate practice knowledge per market rather than applying one country's playbook everywhere.
No. Most clients start with one thing — an incorporation, a rebrand, a website — and add services as the business needs them. We will also tell you which services you do not need yet, which is usually the more useful half of the conversation.
Through the Divuzl Portal. Every project, approval, meeting, invoice and compliance deadline is visible in one dashboard in real time, so you are not chasing status over email. Clients get their own login from day one of an engagement.
Within one working day. The first response is a real reply from someone who has read your enquiry, not an automated acknowledgement, and it will usually include the questions we need answered to scope the work properly.
Scope-based rather than hourly for defined projects, and retained monthly for ongoing work like marketing, bookkeeping and compliance. You get a written scope and a fixed price before anything starts. Statutory costs such as government filing fees are passed through at cost and shown separately.
Yes, and it is common — half-finished websites, lapsed filings, brand systems with no source files. We start with an audit of what actually exists rather than assuming the handover documentation is complete, then tell you honestly whether continuing or restarting is cheaper.
Ask it directly. We reply within one working day, and we would rather answer a hard question early than discover the mismatch later.
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