Avoidance of Double Taxation Enter Into Force

Second Protocol to Singapore-UAE Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation Enter Into Force The Second Protocol amending Singapore’s standing Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with United Arab Emirates (UAE) entered into force on 16 March 2016. The revised terms in the Second Protocol include longer threshold periods to ascertain the presence of a…

International Accounting Standards

The International Accounting Standards Board April Key Update

The International Accounting Standards Board April Key Update The April 2016 IASB Update has been published. The International Accounting Standards Board (the Board) has today issued amendments to the Revenue Standard, IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, clarifying some requirements and providing additional transitional relief for companies that are implementing the new Standard. The…

3E Accounting Singapore - Singapore Brand Top Player 2016 / 2017

Singapore Brand Top Player 2016 / 2017

3E Accounting Singapore – Singapore Brand Top Player 2016 / 2017 3E Accounting Pte. Ltd. was recognized by Singapore Brand as a Top Player Firm 2016 / 2017 in Singapore. We are exceptionally delighted to be specially chosen as one of the top firms to receive this recognition presented by Singapore Brand.   3E Accounting, being the most sought…

Initiatives to Raise Standards in Foreign Domestic Worker-Placing Employment Agencies

Initiatives to Raise Standards in Foreign Domestic Worker-Placing Employment Agencies

Initiatives to Raise Standards in Foreign Domestic Worker-Placing Employment Agencies The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has announced initiatives to further improve the professionalism of FDW-placing employment agencies (EAs). A new grading scheme called Trustmark and the Employment Agency Customer Rating system will be introduced for FDW-placing EAs. The initiatives were announced at an EA Seminar…

Beginner's Guide to Withholding Tax

Beginner’s Guide to Withholding Tax

Stop All Confusion and Start Knowing Everything About Singapore’s Withholding Tax Tax, the topic that comes and goes. If you are an individual working in Singapore, you pay tax accordingly. The same applies if you own a company that entirely operates in Singapore. These two examples resonate with being a tax resident of Singapore. If…

Filing of Income Tax Computations in Functional Currencies other than Singapore Dollars (S$) 

Filing of Income Tax Computations in Functional Currencies other than Singapore Dollars

Filing of Income Tax Computations in Functional Currencies other than Singapore Dollars (S$)  Companies that prepare their financial statements in non-Singapore dollars (S$) functional currencies are to prepare their tax computations in the same non-S$ functional currency. However, all amounts declared in the Income Tax Return must be in S$. Click here for more information.…