Q. Does a Singapore Company have to appoint a Company Secretary?
A. Each Singapore company is required to have a company secretary. The company secretary must be a local person in Singapore.

Q. What are the duties of a Company Secretary in Singapore?
A. A company secretary assists with ongoing statutory company matters of the company. Examples include:

• Change of directors, shareholders, etc.
• Maintaining the register of directors and shareholders
• Issuing share certificates and recording transfers of shares
• Maintaining the register of members and debenture holders
• Preparation and submission of the Annual Returns
• Filing of documents and changes with corporate regulatory body

Q. What is included in the annual fee for your Company Secretary service?
A. Our annual fee for acting as the company secretary includes the following:

• Providing one qualified person as Secretary of your company as required by Section 171(1A) of the Companies Act.
• Attending to routine secretarial matters of the company such as first board meeting, annual general meeting, affixation of common seal, providing company biz profile records.
• Safekeeping, updating, and maintaining registers, minutes book, and other statutory records.
• Reminding you of the various statutory compliance dates

Q. What kind of secretarial services will be chargeable?
A. Secretarial matters of non-routine nature will be chargeable on a per request basis. Examples include:

• Increase of paid-up capital
  
• Change of shareholding
  
• Change of M&A
  
• Change of directors
  
• Opening of additional bank accounts
  
• Change of registered address
  
• Attending to the matters of Annual General Meeting

Q. Do you charge any fee for handling the change the company secretary my company to Kaizen?
A. Not. We do not change any fee for handling the change except our normal charge for acting as company secretary for your Singapore company.

For further information or assistance, please call us:

Hong Kong Office: +852 2341 1444
Singapore Office: +65 6438 0116
Shenzhen Office: +86 755 8268 4480
Shanghai Office: +86 21 6439 4114
Beijing Office: +86 10 6874 8420
Taiwan Office: +886 2 2711 1324

or send email to enquiries@bycpa.com.