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Whether you’re legally obligated to undertake an audit or it is part of your best practice procedures or a milestone to pursue your strategic ambitions – no...

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Accounting Advisory
Our accounting advisory team help businesses meet their complex financial reporting requirements. The team can support in applying new financial reporting standards, IFRS/ US GAAP conversions, financial statement preparation, consolidation and more.

Business Process Outsourcing

Our business process outsourcing team can provide accounting and payroll services to help you reduce costs, improve efficiencies and, in many cases, ensure...

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Payroll
Our team can handle your payroll processing needs to help you reduce cost and saves time so that you can focus on your core competencies
Managed accounting and bookkeeping
Outsourcing the financial reporting function is a growing trend among middle market and startup companies, as it provides a cost-effective way to improve the finance and accounting function. Our team can help with financial statement preparation, consolidation and technical on-call advisory.

Business Risk

In today’s fast changing risk and regulatory landscape, it is imperative that organisations adapt to changes and make risk-informed strategic choices. At Grant...

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Corporate Finance

Our corporate finance team helps companies with capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, strategic joint ventures, special situations and...

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Corporate Secretarial Services

Our team brings in-depth knowledge of both business and regulatory environment to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, and to advise on corporate...

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CFO Advisory Services

Our CFO advisory services team helps CFOs in defining business strategy, mitigating risks and mentoring the leadership.

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Accounting Advisory
Our team helps companies keep up with changes to international and domestic financial reporting standards so that they have the right accounting policies and operating models to prevent unexpected surprises.
Crypto Accounting Advisory Service
Our team can help you explore appropriate accounting treatment for accounting for holdings in cryptocurrencies, issuance of cryptocurrencies and other crypto/blockchain related accounting issues.
ESG Reporting and Accounting
As part of our ESG and Sustainability Services, our team will work with you on various aspects of ESG accounting and ESG reporting so that your business can be pursue a sustainable future.
Expected Credit Loss
Our team of ECL modelling specialists combine help clients implement provisioning methodology and processes which are right for them.
Finance Transformation
Our Finance Transformation services are designed to challenge the status quo and enable your finance team to play a more strategic role in the organisation.
Managed Accounting and Bookkeeping Services
Outsourcing the financial reporting function is a growing trend among middle market and startup companies, as it provides a cost-effective way to improve the finance and accounting function. Our team can help with financial statement preparation, consolidation and technical on-call advisory.

Cyber

Our cyber team help organisations navigate a threat landscsape that is constantly changing, to maintain resiliency and provide support during worst case...

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Deals Advisory

Whether you’re buying or selling, refinancing or raising money through the capital markets, our team comes in to help you conduct thorough due diligence on the...

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Business Tax Advisory
Our business tax team can help you navigate the international tax landscape, grow through mergers and acquisitions, or plan an exit strategy.
Corporate Finance
Our corporate finance team helps companies with capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, strategic joint ventures, special situations and more.
Financial Due Diligence
From exploring the strategic options available to businesses and shareholders through to advising and project managing the chosen solution, our team provide a truly integrated offering
Valuations
Our valuation specialists blend technical expertise with a pragmatic outlook to deliver support in financial reporting, transactions, restructuring, and disputes.

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ESG and Sustainability Services

Our environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability team provide end-to-end solutions that help organisations no matter where they are on their...

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Sustainability with the ARC framework
Backed by the CTC Grant, businesses can tap on the ARC Framework to gain access to sustainability internally, transform business processes, redefine job roles for workers, and enhance productivity. Companies can leverage this grant to drive workforce and enterprise transformation.

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Forensic Advisory

Investigations can range from complex, multi-jurisdictional assignments to the investigation of alleged employee fraud and due diligence of third parties. We...

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Restructuring and Insolvency

We help companies identify and resolve issues affecting profitability, protect enterprise value and facilitate a full recovery where possible.

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Tax

We use a combination of reason and instinct based on our experience and local insights as we work with you to develop strategies that help you to understand...

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Business Tax Advisory
Our business tax team can help you navigate the international tax landscape, grow through mergers and acquisitions, or plan an exit strategy.
Corporate Tax Compliance
Our corporate tax teams prepare corporate tax files and ruling requests, support you with deferrals, accounting procedures and realise tax benefits.
Tax Governance
Our Tax Governance Services are designed to assist organisations in establishing effective tax governance practices, enabling them to navigate the intricate tax environment with confidence.
Goods and Services Tax
Our GST team supports organisations throughout the entire business life-cycle. We can help with GST registration, compliance, risk management, scheme renewals, transaction advisory and more.
Transfer Pricing
Our Transfer Pricing team advises clients on their transfer pricing matters on and end-to-end basis right from the designing of policies, to assistance with annual compliance and assistance with defense against the claims of competing tax authorities.
Employer Solutions
Our Employer Solutions team helps businesses remain compliant in Singapore as well as globally as a result of their employees' movements. From running local payroll, to implementing a global equity reward scheme or even advising on the structure of employees’ cross-border travel.
Private Client Services
Our private client services team provides a comprehensive cross section of advisory services to high net worth individuals and corporate executives, allowing such individuals to concentrate on their business interests.

Valuations

Measuring value in financial reporting, legal disputes or looking at acquisitions or investments brings a high level of clarity and confidence to business...

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The last decade has witnessed a growing trend for tax administrations leveraging technology and introducing e-invoicing as a means to streamline tax administration and tackle tax fraud and evasion. In Singapore, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has just announced the the mandatory adoption of e-invoicing under their InvoiceNow initiative for newly GST-registered companies with the possibility of it being rolled out to all other GST-registered businesses.

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This webinar will help you understand transfer pricing concepts introduced by the IRAS whilst also explaining its impact from corporate tax, personal income tax and GST perspectives.

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The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has updated its circular “Income Tax Treatment of Foreign Exchange Gains or Losses for Businesses (Fourth Edition)” on 31 March 2021. The March 2021 update has added a definition of translation differences and a new annex on frequently asked questions about the designated bank account for designated revenue purposes and the application of the de-minimis limit.

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Webinar Webinar: Mergers and Acquisitions – the tax angle

This webinar is a refresher and update on the tax aspects of M&A from the purchaser’s point of view, from the due diligence process through to post-deal restructuring issues that may be necessary to absorb the new acquisition.

31 Mar 2021

IFRS SFRS update for Q1 2021

This newsletter includes recent changes to SFRS that were issued by ASC in 2020. This publication provides an overview of upcoming changes, explaining the relevant amendments together with effective dates.

25 Mar 2021

Transfer Pricing New e-Tax Guide by IRAS - Transfer Pricing Guidelines on Centralised Activities in MNEs

The IRAS has recently issued the e-Tax Guide - Transfer Pricing Guidelines Special Topic on Centralised Activities in Multinational Enterprise Groups (MNE). The guide published on 19 March focuses on analysing the importance of the centralised activities in Singapore and providing guidance on how to analyse these activities.

23 Mar 2021

Budget 2021 & Beyond Beyond Budget 2021

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For 17 years, Grant Thornton has been tracking the global progress of women in senior management. In the last 12 months, unprecedented events have had an unforeseen and unparalleled impact on that progress.

08 Mar 2021

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04 Mar 2021

FINANCIAL SERVICES Playing field or battlefield: what does the future look like for financial services?

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Webinar Webinar: Singapore Budget 2021 and Beyond

Following the announcement of Budget 2021 webinar, our experts discuss the outcomes and tax changes announced in this year’s Budget and look beyond Budget 2021.

19 Feb 2021

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Finance Minister, Mr Heng Swee Keat, delivered the Singapore Budget 2021 earlier today. We have produced a summary of the key tax takeaways to help you understand the changes that were announced and how they affect both you and your business.

16 Feb 2021

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Over the last five years in Singapore, there has been a continuation of a global shift towards protectionist immigration policy. Although this shift is not new, it seems to have gathered pace.

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| 15 Feb 2021

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