Finance basics

Finance basics

Real market rates — bookkeeping, annual filing bundles, GST, audit, corporate secretarial and payroll — and the add-on fees that turn a S$199 promo into S$1,000.

2 Aug 2026 · 9 min read

Finance basics

Source documents, treatment, reconciliation, reporting — the four-step process behind every set of accounts, and why each step exists to protect somebody.

2 Aug 2026 · 6 min read

Finance basics

Why your bank balance is not your profit. The accrual basis behind every Singapore financial statement, shown through three simple startup transactions.

2 Aug 2026 · 6 min read

Finance basics

Create a subsidiary — or a holding company — and you may have created a consolidation duty. Who must consolidate, the exemptions, and what it does to your fees.

2 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Finance basics

What the balance sheet and income statement each actually tell you, the questions they answer, and the three numbers worth checking every single month.

2 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Finance basics

Most private companies can choose a deliberately simpler accounting standard. Who qualifies, what gets easier, and when full standards are worth keeping.

2 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Finance basics

Up to half your software and upgrading costs funded — if you apply before you buy. The grants worth knowing this year, and the deadlines quietly approaching.

2 Aug 2026 · 9 min read

Finance basics

Corporate secretary, bookkeeping, payroll, tax, FP&A — which finance functions to delegate, when volume changes the answer, and what a founder must never hand over.

2 Aug 2026 · 8 min read

Finance basics

Pricing, GST filing, InvoiceNow readiness and the payroll gap — a Singapore-specific comparison of the two incumbents and the AI-first newcomer.

2 Aug 2026 · 9 min read