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Latest Changes to ACRA Statutory Requirements & AR Filing

25/4/2018

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ACRA’s legislative amendments targeted to be implemented by the first half of 2018.
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Aligning corporate compliance timelines to the Financial Year End (FYE). The timelines for holding Annual General Meetings (AGMs) and Annual Returns (AR) filing will be aligned with the company’s FYE. This will provide a greater clarity and improve the companies’ compliance requirements as stated in the Companies Act.
Timeline for holding AGMs and filing of annual returns:
Current
From first half of 2018
Holding of AGMs
Holding of AGMs
​(a) Timeline 1: Hold first AGM within 18 months, and subsequent AGMs yearly at intervals no longer than 15 months
​For listed companies
- Hold AGM within 4 months after FYE
(b) Timeline 2: Financial statements tabled at AGM must be made up to a date within 4 months (for listed company) or 6 months (for any other company) before the AGM date
​For any other companies
- Hold AGM within 6 months after FYE
Filing of Annual Returns
Filing of Annual Returns
​For companies having a share capital and keeping a branch register outside Singapore
- File annual returns within 60 days after AGM
For companies having a share capital and keeping a branch register outside Singapore
- File annual returns within 6 months (if listed) or 8 months (if not listed) after FYE
​For other companies
- File annual returns within 30 days after AGM
For other companies
- File annual returns within 5 months (if listed) or 7 months (if not listed) after FYE
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​Annual returns can only be filed:
- after an AGM has been held
- after financial statements is sent if company need not hold AGM; or
- after FYE for private dormant relevant company that is exempted from preparing financial statements
(Table extracted from ACRA)
The following safeguards will be put in place to prevent companies from arbitrarily changing their FYE;
  1. Companies must notify the Registrar of the FYE upon incorporation and of any subsequent change;
  2. Companies must apply to the Registrar for approval to change their FYE:
    • If the change in FYE will result in a financial year longer than 18 months or;
    • If the FYE was changed within the last 5 years;
  3. Only FYE of the current and immediate financial year (provided that the statutory deadlines for the holding of AGM, filing of annual returns and sending of financial statements have not passed) may be changed; and
  4. Unless with approval from the Registrar, the duration of a company’s financial year must not be more than 18 months in the year of incorporation.
  5. Companies with odd financial year period (not 12 months) must notify ACRA if they want to avoid applying for approval to change FYE every year.
  6. Existing companies will have their FYE deemed by law to be any date as previously notified to the Registrar. In the absence of such notification, the anniversary of the incorporation date will be deemed by law to be the company’s FYE. Companies can change their FYE by notifying ACRA.
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