Corporate Secretarial
In Singapore
Professional corporate secretarial services
Ensure compliance,
Allowing you to focus on business development!.
The Singapore Companies Act requires every business owner who incorporates their company in Singapore to appoint company secretary in Singapore within 6 months of incorporation. A company secretary must meet certain criteria including s/he must be a natural person who has his principal or only place of residence in Singapore.
SWIFT ASSURANCE is a trusted provider of corporate secretarial services in Singapore, which means we can provide you with a qualified company secretary that can handle all secretarial matters of your company and pay attention to details associated with your company administrative tasks. We gladly offer the following services that can ensure the existence of your company is under your control and becomes something you can always be proud of.
#1. Company Secretary Service
A company secretary provided by corporate secretarial services in Singapore plays a key role in maintaining the constant flow of secretarial and administrative tasks of your company. S/he ensures that the day-to-day operations of your company run smoothly and are immediately reported to the executives for evaluation or rapid decision-making. The proper report is a great help for the executives of the company to foreseen future events and anticipates them in a professional, precise manner. The range of secretarial and administrative tasks is wide and requires keen eyes to detail and dedication, besides the credentials in secretarial. Our highly qualified company secretary will help your company through the following matters:
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Common seal safekeeping
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The Minutes and Register Books maintenance
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Drafting on standard directors minutes and resolutions
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Consultancy on secretarial, statutory, compliance, accounting, and tax matters
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The constant monitor of the company’s compliance with relevant legal requirements, especially those under the Companies Act and Income Tax Act
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Preparation of Annual General Meeting minutes
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Submission of Annual Return and XBRL to ACRA
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Other substantial secretarial and administrative tasks
#2. Get Yourself the Right Person as your Corporate Secretary
When you engage a qualified service provider that provides you with comprehensive end-to-end services, you should be enjoying all the premium services. Yet, we noticed that some service providers are not providing customers with certain important services such as unlimited mails scanning, no daily mail receiving notification, no mail forwarding services resulting in inconvenience to customer when they need to self-collect the mails from the registered office, no fax services support, no registered address services and etc. The Singapore Companies Act requires every company in Singapore to appoint one or more company secretaries within 6 months of its incorporation. A company secretary must meet certain criteria including that he/she must be a natural person who has his/her principal or only place of residence in Singapore. Discover the checklist for selecting the right person as your Corporate Secretarial partner in Singapore at SWIFT ASSURANCE.
#3. Strike Off Company
In some cases, closing your company can be a more cost-effective decision. The company striking off procedure can be as complex as setting up a new one. Thus, our company provides you with the right assistance to pass through the complexity and time-consuming process of the striking off of your company. You can engage our company striking off service which is designed primarily to assist you to take every step of the strike-off procedure in peace of mind. With us, you can focus on more crucial matters while we are working hand in hand with the ACRA and other relevant government agencies to strike off your company legally. Our expertise and experience will ease your process of meeting every condition you must meet in accordance with ACRA. The entire process takes up to five months.
Apply Certificate of Residence (COR)
Liquidation is part of the business process that certain businesses must be ready to take if certain conditions occur. Liquidation has different processes from striking off even though both share the same criteria, which is the company ceasing to exist. Liquidation is categorized into 3 types namely Members’ Voluntary Liquidation, Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation and Court Winding Up. Liquidation will result in the control of the company being handed over to the liquidator. Engage good corporate secretarial services in Singapore, particularly our liquidation services, if required, to have a smooth liquidation process.
#5. Receivership & Judicial Management Services
Receivers are typically appointed by the court as a ‘neutral fiduciary’ or recommended by the lender as plaintiff. Specific court language refers to a ‘receiver’ as the hands and eyes of the court. As a result, carrying out any necessary actions to preserve the assets of the receivership estate. Who can become the Judicial Manager? The Judicial Manager nominated must be a public accountant and cannot be an auditor of the company.
#6. Singapore Certificate of Incorporation
In Singapore, the certificate of incorporation will usually be issued by the Singapore Registrar of Companies (ACRA) via an e-notification of incorporation which is will be generated electronically. These e-notifications do not have any signatures on them and will be emailed out to the officers of the company and the person in charge of the incorporation filings.
#7. Singapore Customs Registration
If your company is engaged in export, import or trans-shipment activities in Singapore, you are required to register the company with the Singapore Customs as an importer, exporter, common carrier and others (no matter by land, air or sea). This central registration number is mandatory for Singapore companies or organisations engaged in trading activities.
#8. Amalgamation Of Companies In Singapore And Its Taxation
Amalgamation is the process whereby two or more companies are combined. Besides transfers of shares and/or businesses, private Singapore incorporated companies looking to restructure should keep in mind the option of carrying out an amalgamation pursuant to the Companies Act.
#9.Company Search in Singapore
Every entrepreneur should endeavour to conduct a company search in Singapore to take a look at the suitability of the business before taking the next steps forward. The information you should keep an eye out for includes the company’s legal background and credit history in particular because you want to avoid getting stuck with a company that has a bad credit record.
#10.Notarisation, Apostille and Legalisation of Documents
Before your official documentation can be accepted for use abroad, it must undergo the notarisation, apostille and legalisation process in Singapore. The notarisation, apostille and legalisation of documents in Singapore are just some of the many services offered here at SWIFT ASSURANCE. Every country will have its own legalisation requirements to determine the authenticity of documents.