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Handbook for businessmen CONTENTS 1. How To Register A New Business The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Deciding On The Structure Of Your Business Sole Proprietorship Partnership Important Notes For All Business Owners Address and Premises Of Business Firms Special Licences More Notes On Partnerships 2. Procedures For Incorporating A Company Registration Of New Company Online Who Can Incorporate A Company Types of Companies Approval For A Company Name Memorandum And Articles of Association Information For New Directors And Business Owners Responsibilities And Liabilities of Directors and Officers 3. The Internet And Your Business Registration Of A New Domain Name How Each Domain Name Is Governed 4. Registration With Other Government Agencies And Licences Registration Related To Employees' Matters Registration Related To Business Premises Home Office Scheme Registration Related To The Manufacturing Industry Registration Related To Discharging Effluent Registration Related To RadioBroadcast Licences Registration Related To Industrial Mattegs Registration Related To Import And Export Matters Registration Related To Intellectual Properties 45 48 49 49 51 52 53 58 58 59 59 60 73 73 77 81 83 84 85 85 86 87 90 90 91 5. Foreign Entrepreneurs And Foreigners Companies Registration Of A Foreign Company Registration A Branch Of A Foreign Company Setting Up A Representative Office (RO) Passes And Visas 6. Investment Incentives Tax Concessions And Incentives International Traders Promoting Financial Services In Singapore Incentives From The Singapore Budget 2005 Incentives From The Singapore Budget 2004 7. Government Agencies And Assistance Schemes For SMEs Assistance Schemes Via The SME First Stop Economic Development Board IE Singapore JTC Corporation (JTC) Spring Singapore Financial Assistance For SMEs Infocomm Development Authority Of Singapore Agency For Science, Technology And Research (A*STAR) Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) Free Trade Agreements For Promoting Singapore Trade The Action Community For Entrepreneurship (ACE) Association Of Small And Medium Enterprises (ASME) Singapore Business Federation Franchising And Licensing Association (FLA) Singapore Manufacturer's Association Singapore International Chamber Of Commerce Singapore Chinese Chamber Of Commerce And Industry (SCCCI) 8. The Central Provident Fund How It Works Medisave And Self-Employed Persons Foreign Worker Levy Other Contributions: MBMF SINDA Fund CDAC Fund Eurasian Community Fund 9. Guide To The Employment Act Termination Of Contracts Notice Of Termination Of Contract Payment Of Salary Rest Day Hours Of Work Basic Rate Of Pay Gross Rate Of Pay Payment For Overtime Work Payment For Work On Rest Day Payment For Work On Public Holiday Employment Of Children And Young Persons Extracts of The Employment Act 10. Guide To Workmen's Compensation Who Is Entitled To Workmen Compensation W h o A r e Not Entitled T o C l a i m W o r k m e n ' s Compensation Payment Of Compensation Types Of Injuries For Which Compensations Are Payable Calculation Of Compensation 11. Simple Guide To Taxation In Singapore Personal Income Tax Rate of Tax Company Income Tax Goods and Services Tax How Foreigners Are Taxed While Working In Singapore Important Notes On Tax Clearance For The Employer Filing Tax Return for Sole Proprietorships And Partnerships Appendices The Partnership Act Extracts Of The Com~anies Act The Part-time Employment Regulations Employment Of Foreign Workers Act EDB Offices Worldwide IE Singapore Offices Worldwide Business Association1 Chambers of Commerce