Taxation is an important yet complicated
part of your business. It doesn’t matter which type of business you do, but you
have to file taxes at the end of the year. The job can get complicated with
various accounting and bookkeeping, audit, corporate secretarial, nominee director service, GST filing,
and other taxation related work. You can save a large sum of tax money by
choosing the right audit firm for your business; if you run a small and
medium-sized enterprise (SME), group of companies, or subsidiaries of local and
overseas companies. Remember that error in tax filing may get you a hefty penalty
not to say one may risk jail term or your business permits being revoked. For
this reason, make a careful choice at the time of selecting an appropriate
audit firm. You should follow these aspects at the time of selecting an audit
firm for your business.
Hire a
proactive audit firm with experience.
Today with this rapidly changing business
environment tax law changes frequently. Hire an audit firm that can proactively
maintain a relationship in this changing environment. They must have
appropriate experience in tax filing and bookkeeping jobs. They must know the
various legal aspects of this job. Check out how well they excelled in various
task-related functions and their references for the truth and validity of their
statements. You may also contact their current/ previous clients to check out
how good their income tax services
are. Hire only when you get satisfied with your findings.
How good their
corporate secretary services are
To ensure your compliance obligations are
up-to-date check out how much professional corporate secretarial support
services they offer. By knowing that your company’s administration matters are
in safe hands, you will get peace of mind to concentrate on the business. Make
sure in their services they include incorporation of local companies, nominee director service, record
keeping of statutory registers and records, preparation of resolutions and
AGMs, filing of annual returns / XBRL with ACRA, assistance in the opening of
bank account, and provide general advice on corporate secretarial matters.
How good they
are in tax planning and filling
Find out whether the tax consultants are
equipped with the experience and knowledge to manage your company’s tax filing
obligations. Learn how good they are in advantage of the tax schemes and
allowances that are available to you and your business, and how much they can
help manage your tax and reporting obligations. Make sure in their service they
include tax planning, individual income tax services, corporate tax, withholding tax, resolving tax issues from
IRAS, and GST – registration, de-registration, and filing of quarterly tax
returns.
Outsource your
business processing services
A good audit firm should take taxation
related load off from your business. They should release your staff from
performing this highly administrative and time-consuming function. They should
take care of your entire payroll outsourcing needs. So you can deploy your staff
to perform higher value-added work. Make sure in their services they include
completion of CPF contribution form, preparation of payroll report, payslips
and IR8A forms, maintain payroll file for each employee, and computation of
salary, overtime, CPF & other deductions. They should always provide
non-obligatory consultation on tax planning, company formation services, nominee director service, etc.
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