What are the Benefits of Company Registration in Singapore?

Anybody can come up with a great idea for a business. The hard part is getting it off the ground. Fortunately, Singapore values the jobs, technology, and wealth startups create. This makes Singapore one of the easiest countries in the world to start a business, company registration Singapore.

Here are the 6 top benefits of company registration in Singapore:

1) Lower Corporate Tax Rate

Friendly corporate tax rates in Singapore, particularly towards SMEs, include up to S$200,000 of your company’s income being exempt from corporate taxes. The exemption is applicable for the first 3 financial years, and if your company fulfills certain shareholder requirements.

Even where tax is payable by your company, it will be at a flat taxation rate of 17%, which is a far lower corporate tax rate than other developed regional economies, such as Japan and South Korea.

2) Stable Political Climate

Singapore has a strong rule of law and a stable political climate. It is consistently at the top of global ranking lists with respect to “ease of doing business”, and means you can make business plans in the country with confidence.

Some of the examples include:

• Singapore ranked by the World Bank as the first amongst 190 countries, for its effectiveness in enforcing contracts;

• Singapore ranked by Transparency International as the third amongst 180 countries, for being deemed to have the least corruption in its public sector;

• Singapore ranked as the top Asian nation amongst 113 countries in the Rule of Law Index that is compiled by the World Justice Project;

• Singapore ranked by the Heritage Foundation as the second freest economy amongst 186 economies in the world.
  

3) Robust IP Protections

Singapore is internationally renowned for its protection of intellectual property rights. Moreover, the development of intellectual property in Singapore can attract additional business incentives like tax deductions on research & development expenses.

Singapore has been ranked #3 in the world, and #1 in Asia for having the best protection of intellectual property rights, in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2018.

These reasons make Singapore a consistently high choice for research and technology-led organizations.

4) Employment Market and Skilled Workforce

Singapore is an excellent choice to find talent for your organization and ranks consistently high on workforce metrics, including the BERI’s labor force evaluation 2015, which ranked Singapore number 1 on measures of Legal Framework, Relative Productivity, Worker Attitude, and Technical Skills.

In addition, Singapore is also an excellent country to attract and retain global entrepreneurial talent, ranking first in Asia according to INSEAD’s Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GCTI).

5) Central location in Asia

Singapore is situated in the heart of Southeast Asia and is a gateway to an emerging market of more than 600 million people. Market access to India, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines are very close at hand.

With a large portion of Singapore’s workforce speaking English and bilingual in Mandarin, Tamil or Malay, it is a great place to connect to these markets.

6) Convenient Incorporation

One Singapore dollar. That is all the paid-up capital you need to register a business in Singapore.

Lanturn offers Singapore company registration and employment pass services. All we need from you are the proper documents. Once documents have been collected and registered with ACRA, incorporation of your legal entity or branch offices can usually be completed in a day.

The other requirements for Incorporation are:

• Company Secretary to be appointed

• A local director (citizen or permanent resident)

• 1 Shareholder

• A local Singapore address is to be used as the registered address.
  
  

So, where do I start?

Lanturn can incorporate your company in Singapore for just S$500. All you need to do is fill in our 5-minute incorporation tool and appoint us as your company secretary. We also have a number of company incorporation packages with different add-ons that you can pick and choose according to your business structures.

Once the company is incorporated, you will receive a certificate of incorporation from the accounting and corporate regulatory authority and Lanturn will support your business every step of the way as your company secretary. We can even help you with opening a corporate bank account if you need it!

Get started with our online incorporation here.

Our online platform allows you to manage your compliance deadlines, submit your invoices and accounts payable and communicate directly with our corporate secretary and accounting specialists.

This means you can focus on your business while we take care of the rest.
If you’d like to discuss your incorporation requirements with someone, just reach out!