SingaporeBedrijfsoprichting, belasting en bankieren

Waarom mensen kiezen voor Singapore

• Asia's hub for funds, family offices and company treasuries
• 13O and 13U schemes exempt designated investment income for qualifying family offices
• 17% company tax on paper, often lower after start-up, R&D and IP reliefs
• No capital gains tax and no tax kept back on dividends
• Asia's deepest private banking and a demanding but predictable regulator

Waar Singapore past

• Family offices (VCC/13O)
• Fintech
• Treasury

Waar Singapore past in een structuur

Gebruikelijke rol · Family office or fund base in Asia

The Singapore company runs the family's investments, or a fund such as a VCC, from a real office in Asia. Under the 13O or 13U scheme, a qualifying single-family office pays no tax on designated investment income. It relies on meeting the scheme's conditions: for 13O, SGD 20m of assets at the start, at least one investment professional and SGD 200k+ of local business spending a year.

Waar het van afhangtSingapore expects real presence, with a physical office, local hires, an active board and at least one director who normally lives there, and the exemption depends on meeting the 13O or 13U conditions.

Een vereenvoudigd beeld ter toelichting, geen aanbeveling. Algemene informatie, geen belasting- of juridisch advies.

Een bankrekening openen

Singapore has Asia's deepest private banking, with top desks at UBS, Credit Suisse (now part of UBS), Julius Baer, DBS Private, OCBC Bank of Singapore and many specialists. Banking for Singapore companies is straightforward; banking for offshore companies owned by Singapore residents now rivals Switzerland.

Zo werkt de belasting hier

17% company tax, with real reliefs for start-ups, R&D and qualifying IP. No capital gains tax and no tax kept back on dividends paid to shareholders. Personal income tax rises to 24%, but the 13O and 13U family-office schemes give qualifying single-family offices a full income tax exemption on designated investments.

Echte aanwezigheid, en wie de eigenaren kan inzien

Singapore expects real presence — a physical office, local hires, an active board. A 13O family office needs SGD 20m of assets under management at the start, at least one investment professional, and SGD 200k+ of local business spending a year. 13U needs SGD 50m and higher spending and staff levels.

Wanneer u hiervoor kiest

Choose Singapore when the family or fund is genuinely focused on Asia, when a 13O/13U family office fits the size of your assets, or when investors expect a Singapore structure by default (usually Asian investors and institutional co-investors).

U krijgt een schriftelijke vergelijking, geen verkooppraatje.

Elke Singapore aanbeveling krijgt u als schriftelijke vergelijking met de alternatieven. Daarin leest u of de opzet een kritische toets kan doorstaan, hoe makkelijk bankieren zal zijn, welke belastingverdragen gelden, wie de eigenaren kan inzien, wat het per jaar kost om alles draaiende te houden en welk risico uw reputatie loopt. Zo ziet u de voor- en nadelen voordat u zich vastlegt.