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Rikvin Announces Singapore Company Incorporation & Visa Application Portal

25 Jun 2010 - Published in Press Releases

Rikvin is a leading Singapore incorporation, business registration and company formation consultant since 1995. Providing online incorporation for Singapore and employment pass visa, along with procedures, requirements and other essential information. Rikvin announced the launch of an online Singapore Business Portal on its website at www.rikvin.com for entrepreneurs worldwide interested in setting up their business [...]

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Import and Export Goods in and out of Singapore

11 Jan 2010 - Published in Industry Guides

If you want to imports goods from overseas to retail in Singapore, you are required to apply for both import permits and licenses for ‘controlled goods’. To begin, you will need to make sure your business is already registered with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore (ACRA). Your business, may be retail, must [...]

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Set Up a Storage and Warehousing Business

Published in Industry Guides

To set up a storage and warehousing business requires several licenses and permits. But the first couple of things you will have to do are: Register your business first with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore (ACRA). Your business must register as a sole proprietorship, partnership or a private limited company. A private [...]

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Singapore – APEC Star Performer

26 Oct 2009 - Published in Blog

According to the Study Report of the 2007 Individual Action Plan Peer Review of Singapore, which was released in late August 2008, Singapore is a “star APEC performer” and “on track to meet the Bogor goals” of free and open trade and investment by 2010. According to the report Singapore has made rapid progress towards [...]

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Singapore an Ally to High Income Brackets

22 Oct 2009 - Published in Blog

Singapore has the third highest rates of personal income tax amongst all the countries surveyed (with the exception of Switzerland) in the latest Individual Income Tax and Social Security Rate Survey. KPMG has recently studied the personal income tax rates globally and noted an interesting find; as most countries increase personal income tax rates to [...]

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Singapore – A Pro – Business Environment

21 Oct 2009 - Published in Blog

Singapore has an excellent pro-business infrastructure which is favoured by many business corporations worldwide. The Swiss-based World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Singapore the most competitive country in the world in its new global Competitiveness Index of 49 countries. The WEF Competitiveness Index measures the prospects for economic growth over the next five to ten [...]

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World Corporate and Income Tax Comparison Rates, VAT/GST around the world

20 Oct 2009 - Published in Blog

The table below shows the tax comparison rates around the world. List of Corporate and Income tax rates and VAT/GST around the world. Country Income Tax VAT/GST Corporate Individual Algeria 25% 0-40% 21% Argentina 35% 9-35% 21% Australia 30% 0-45% 10% Goods and Services Tax Austria 25% 21-50% 20% GST Azerbaijan 24% 0-35% 18% Bangladesh [...]

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Singapore Company Registration Specialist in the Heart of Singapore Business District

6 Jul 2007 - Published in Press Releases

With office rental in central business district rising sky high in Singapore, Rikvin decided to acquire it own building in the heart of the Singapore business district to serve its clients better. Rikvin Consultancy is to shift its back office operations to a more spacious building, what makes the news special is that the new [...]

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Ideal Time for Setting up Business in Singapore

26 Jun 2007 - Published in Press Releases

With Zero Corporate Tax* for New Setup, and with the Government of Singapore encouraging foreign Entrepreneurs to set up their business Operation in Singapore with open arms, it has never been a better time than now, says Ragini Dhavantray, CEO of Rikvin Group. The survey of Monetary Authority of Singapore’s reveals that after the brisk [...]

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India Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA)

23 Jun 2007 - Published in Press Releases

The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between Singapore and India which came into effect in August 1 2005 has been identified to command the highest utilization rate of 68 per cent last year, up from 61 per cent in 2005. Out of 11 free trade agreements Singapore concluded with different countries and regions, CECA posted [...]