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ACRA & filings

Filings, registers and the ACRA obligations that follow your financial year end — each guide written against the current BizFile flow.

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ACRA & filings
Audit exemption: is yours a "small company"?
Meet two of three size criteria — revenue, assets, employees — and skip the statutory audit. What s205C actually requires, and what the exemption does not remove.
2 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
ACRA & filings
Winding down: strike off, or keep the company dormant?
When a venture ends, you can dissolve the company for free in four to six months — or park it dormant for a few hundred dollars a year. How each path works.
2 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
ACRA & filings
Filing financial statements with ACRA — and who is exempt
Most companies file financial statements in XBRL with their annual return. A solvent exempt private company files a declaration instead. Which are you?
2 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
ACRA & filings
How long to keep records — and what IRAS expects to see
Five years is the statutory floor under both the Companies Act and the Income Tax Act. What to keep, how to organise it, and why bank statements deserve special care.
2 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
ACRA & filings
Annual returns: the 20-minute filing guide
What s197 actually requires, what BizFile asks for, and the three fields founders get wrong.
12 Jul 2026 · 8 min read
ACRA & filings
Changing your registered address without a fine
You have 14 days to notify ACRA. Here is the BizFile path and what happens to correspondence in the meantime.
14 Jun 2026 · 5 min read