Business Start up Services in Singapore

Corporate Banking Services – one of our most requested business start up services in Singapore. Healy Consultants offers a wide range of banking services, including assistance with opening corporate bank accounts in Singapore and internationally, offshore banking services, corporate finance, merchant accounts and brokerage accounts.

Singapore Virtual Office Services - another popular business start up service in Singapore for clients not based in Singapore. Healy Consultants offers either a fully-functional executive office in Singapore for rent, or a virtual office service which includes telephone answering and mail forwarding in Singapore.

Stock Exchange Listing - Healy Consultants' business start up services in Singapore include assisting clients obtain finance through the Singapore Stock Exchange. We help clients through the whole listing process from start to finish. or on other exchanges in Asia or globally.

Accounting Services - Healy Consultants' accounting and tax experts engineer corporate structures which minimise tax for international entrepreneurs and organisations, and is therefore a core business start up service in Singapore. Additional accounting and taxation support is provided after incorporation, including assistance with filing tax returns or preparing financial statements.

Singapore Migration Services - some clients require our assistance to obtain Singapore visas for themselves and/or their expatriate staff. Migration assistance is therefore an important business start up service in Singapore. For more information, visit our Migration to Singapore page.

Singapore Property Investment and Mortgage Services - some clients choose to purchase residential or commercial property in Singapore or Asia to support their business goals. One of Healy Consultants core business start up services in Singapore is introducing our clients to real estate agents in Singapore, as well as to banks to obtain property mortgages.

Trust and Foundations - this is a growing area in our quest to provide comprehensive business start up services in Singapore. Healy Consultants assists entrepreneurs and wealthy individuals to transfer their assets into offshore trusts as part of an effective tax minimisation strategy.

Website Development and IT Support Services - to support our clients' operations, Healy Consultants business start up services in Singapore include website creation and development, search engine optimisation (SEO) and internet marketing, to ensure their website obtains maximum exposure.

Investors register a business in Singapore for a variety of purposes, including i) to project a positive image to their customers, suppliers, investors and venture capitalists and ii) to conduct legitimate tax-exempt international trade. Procedures are generally:

Our client settles Healy Consultants' engagement fees to register a business in Singapore.

To register a business in Singapore, Healy Consultants first performs a company name search with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) of Singapore and, if approved, we begin Singapore business registration.

Before proceeding to register the business in Singapore, our client confirms their preferred corporate structure, including details of directors and shareholders. Note that a Singapore company requires a resident director individual, who can be of any nationality. The majority of our clients ask Aidan Healy, managing director of Healy Consultants, to act as the resident director to fulfil this statutory obligation.

After setting up a business in Singapore, a company must register for goods & sales tax (GST) if annual sales exceed S$1 million (approximately US$769,000) in a calendar year. Singapore levies a 7% GST in lieu of value added tax (VAT) and import duty. However, Singapore company sales to international customers are GST-exempt.

If required, Healy Consultants will both register our client's business in Singapore and provide a local business address for invoicing purposes, together with telephone, fax and email support for our clients.

Other services requested after incorporating a business in Singapore include: i) accounting services ii) tax planning in Singapore iii) setting up trusts and foundations iv) Singapore virtual office services v) assistance with Stock Exchange listing and vi) open merchant accounts, vii) Singapore banking

For additional information on our range of business start up services in Singapore, email email@healyconsultants.com or call us in Singapore at (+65) 6735 0120.

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