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Singapore Employment Pass – Work Visa for Professionals and Entrepreneurs

25 Aug 2010 - Published in Blog, Press Releases

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) allows the foreigner to apply for a Singapore Employment Pass after they have incorporated their Singapore Company to enable them to live and work in Singapore. The EP does not fall under any quota system nor is there a monthly levy charge for EP.

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Singapore Tops “Most Popular” Immigration Destination Survey

24 Aug 2010 - Published in Blog, Press Releases

Singapore has remained the top destination in the world in terms of attracting immigrants and workers, beating other neighbouring and western economic powerhouse, a recent Gallup survey told. The survey, which aims to calculate the member countries’ Potential Net Migration Index (PNMI), was conducted among 350, 000 people in some 148 countries from 2007 to [...]

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Study Shows Singapore Companies “Not Ready” for Re-employment of Older Workers

20 Aug 2010 - Published in Press Releases

A new study conducted by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) showed that more than half of the companies operating in Singapore do not have structured consultation process in line with the requirements of the Tripartite Guidelines on Reemployment of Older Employees. With this finding, employment experts said that any Singapore company should implement policies [...]

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Singapore residential units report higher rent

13 Jul 2010 - Published in Press Releases

The rental rates for residential units are scaling the peaks in property prices, with rents for condominiums boosting a price hike of 5.8 per cent over the first half of 2010. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has release data showing the surge in median rentals of non-landed residential properties to $32.41 per square metre (PSM) [...]

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Singapore Welcomes High Net Worth Investors From All Over the World

4 Mar 2010 - Published in Blog

Singapore abolished Estate Tax, which it had inherited during the British era. The move will encourage Singapore to become an attractive place for wealth to be invested and built up, whether by Singaporeans or foreigners. The Estate Duty will be removed with immediate effect from the Singapore tax regime. The Finance Minister, Mr.Tharman Shanmugaratnam in [...]

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Rikvin Offers Special Package for Singapore Branch Office Registration

15 Jan 2010 - Published in Press Releases

Singapore is fast becoming a business city of choice. With excellent business infrastructure, political stability, and close economic ties with many of the world’s leading economies, there has never been better time than now for entrepreneurs to migrate and set up their business in Singapore. Rikvin Group is a one-stop centre for your Singapore Company’s [...]

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Singapore – Fostering its Appeal as Manufacturing Base

23 Oct 2009 - Published in Blog

Singapore companies exporting products to the Asia-Pacific region can now save on certification costs. Thanks to the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC) Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) for Product Certification that the Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) signed early this July. The SAC is an independent body that operates under the purview of SPRING Singapore. These are remarkable [...]

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Singapore Truly City of Possibilities

Published in Blog

Singapore pulsates with vibrant opportunity in all business spheres. It has emerged into a thriving enterprise hub where innovation, capital and global talents can converge, transact and grow fantastically. The city state is endowed with unsurpassed competencies which are both innate and endeavored. Ideally located between the developed west and the growing east the city [...]

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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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Tips on Filing Form C Accurately

19 Nov 2008 - Published in Blog

30 Nov is the filing due date for Form C. As the deadline is drawing near, IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore) would like to share with you 3 tips to help you file your taxes accurately. Tip 1: Private expenses are not deductible If you are a director of a company, do take note [...]