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Singapore is the world’s easiest place to do business – The Island state has sustained this top ranking for four consecutive years in the World Bank’s Doing Business Report. For many foreign enterprises and entrepreneurs Singapore is the preferred destination to locate their business. Foreign individuals and companies are free to register any type of entity in Singapore, which also allows 100% foreign ownership.

For any startup company or new set up it is essential to nurture every step of its progress in the formative years therefore, the founders or the board members would like to actively involve in the business operations. This requires appropriate visa to stay in Singapore. True to its pro-business nature, Singapore offers several options for foreigners to set up and conduct their business.

o Entrepass Visa
o Employment Pass
o Multiple Journey Visa
o Social Visit Pass for Entrepreneurs
o Nominee Director

The Entrepass facilitates multiple entry and long-term stay of foreign entrepreneurs. The successful applicants can establish their venture and actively manage the daily operations of the business. At the point of application, the foreign entrepreneur must not own a business registered with Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) for more than six months.

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A business grant can be one of the most imperative financial tools in a business arsenal. Business grants can be of particular significance in the beginning as they may provide the captital needed for equipment, leases, products, etc.

Business grants refer to a exactsum of money that is being granted by the government to a particular business. Some people may think of them as “free financial support” from the government, but they are not. That is because there is an equivalent amount of effort, time, and sweat entailed when requesting a grant.

Moreover, not all businesses benefit from business grants. Even if the government provides business grants to support businesses, certain qualifications are required prior to the approval of said grants.

All government, state and private small-business grants require that an individual meet specific requirements regarding the start-up costs, purpose of a business and how it affects the community. Specialized grants from organizations such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal government programs grant monies almost exclusively to research, nonprofit, science and educational businesses.

Secondly, your business should have a business plan. If you expect to qualify for a business grant, you should have a sound business plan in place.

The first stage of the application is just the start of your journey. You need to create a business plan in order to guarantee the government that you really intend to advance your business and help the economy.

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Alchemy Equities, an expert in small business finance, asked Gerry Frittmann – Managing Director of TCF Services, a leading industry specialist in R&D Tax Credit and government grants for small business, to update us on the changes to the Australian R&D Tax Credit program.

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While claimants with grouped turnover over $20m will receive a non-refundable Tax Credit equivalent to a 10% net benefit, up from 7.5% under the current scheme, the R&D Tax Credit has come down squarely aimed at fostering an increase in R&D for smaller companies. Of course, the king’s largesse is rarely extended without an increase in the complexity of the rules and regulations.

In this case, there is a change in the definition of R&D; a split between Core and Supporting R&D, and a dominant purpose test which will qualify or disqualify the Supporting activities and their cost.

Core R&D activities are defined as experimental activities:

• whose outcome cannot be known or determined in advance on the basis of current knowledge, information or experience, but can only be determined by applying a systematic progression of work that:

- is based on principles of established science; and

- proceeds from hypothesis to experiment, observation and evaluation, and leads to logical conclusions; and