Singapore Cross Border Resources

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Contents 1 Country Information - Singapore 2 Immigration issues 3 Cash management 4 Tax Planning 5 Investment Planning 6 Risk management 7 Retirement Planning 8 Estate Planning and Succession Taxes 9 Local Regulation 10 Referrals to Local Financial Planners

Country Information - Singapore

In an effort to provide information on financial planning issues in Singapore, FPA volunteers have gathered the following links together to point you towards a variety of different resources.

Each link has a descriptive tag explaining what type of site the link goes to. The tags are:

• GOV for government or regulatory sites • ORG for non-profit or association sites • EDU for academic or educational sites • COM for commercial sites, such as product providers

Virtually all of the links lead off of FPA's Web site.

Quality of life – local flavor and customs

• http://www.moveandstay.com/singapore/guide_lifestyle.asp (com)
• http://www.edb.gov.sg/edb/sg/en_uk/index/why_singapore/singapore_rankings.html (gov)

Health

• http://www.moh.gov.sg (gov)

Social Security coverage

• http://www.cpf.gov.sg (gov)
• http://www.cpf.gov.sg/cpf_info/goto.asp?page=/cpf_info/interest.asp (gov)
• http://www.mof.gov.sg/taxation/srs.html (gov)

Education standards

• http://www1.moe.edu.sg (gov)
• http://www.xpatxperience.com/education/singapore_international_schools.shtml (com)

Ex-pats opinions on quality of life

• http://www.expatsingapore.com/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro&BypassCookie=true (com)

Immigration issues

Legal Residency

• http://app.ica.gov.sg/index.asp (gov)

Visas and immigration requirements

• http://app.ica.gov.sg/serv_pr/index.asp (gov
• http://www.edb.gov.sg/edb/sg/en_uk/index/our_services/for_individuals.html (gov)

Cash management

• http://www.moneysense.gov.sg/news_events/Consumer_Portal_Latest_News.html (gov)

Bank accounts

• http://www.xpatxperience.com/financial/banks_in_singapore.shtml (com)

Currency conversion

• http://www.mas.gov.sg/currency/index.html (gov)

Education costs

• http://www.expatsingapore.com/startup/edu.shtml (com)
• http://www.xpatxperience.com/education/singapore_international_schools.shtml (com)

Cost of living analysis

• http://www.sicc.com.sg/public_index.html (org)
• http://www.expatsingapore.com/startup/living.shtml (com)

Housing issues

• http://www.expatsingapore.com/classified/housing.shtml (com)

Tax Planning

Determining liability for income and gains taxes

• http://www.iras.gov.sg/irasHome/page01.aspx?id=88 (gov)
• http://www.mof.gov.sg/taxation/index.html (gov)

Determining liability for estate taxes

• http://www.mof.gov.sg/taxation/rates.html (gov)
• http://www.law.com.sg/property.htm#What_is_the_effect_of_a_gift_of_property (com)

Foreign Tax Credit arrangements

• http://www.mof.gov.sg/taxation/taxation_agreements.html (gov)

Local taxation of non-local pensions and investments

• http://www.iras.gov.sg/irasHome/page_ektid308.aspx (gov)

Exit taxes and final tax return

• http://www.iras.gov.sg/irasHome/page03.aspx?id=848 (gov)

Investment Planning

Asset Allocation viewed globally

• https://www.dollardex.com/sg (com)
• http://www.fundsupermart.com/main/home/index.tpl (com)
• http://www.xpatxperience.com/financial/singapore_asset_management.shtml (com)

Risk management

• http://www.entersingapore.info/sginfo/insurance.php (com)

Liability Insurance (subheader)

• http://www.income.com.sg/insurance/ (com)
• http://www.xpatxperience.com/vehicles/singapore_car_insurance.shtml (com)

Health Insurance

• http://www.xpatxperience.com/medical/expat_medical_insurance.shtml (com)
• http://www.income.com.sg/insurance/ (com)

Property Insurance

• http://www.income.com.sg/insurance/ (com)

Retirement Planning

Local pension design and tax structure on encashment

• http://www.cpf.gov.sg/ (gov)
• http://www.mof.gov.sg/taxation/taxation_agreements.html (gov)

Estate Planning and Succession Taxes

• http://www.hg.org/law-firms/Estate-Planning/Singapore.html (org)

Local Regulation

• http://www.mas.gov.sg/ (gov)

Referrals to Local Financial Planners

• http://www.fpas.org.sg/memberListingEnquiry/showFinancialPlannerSearchPage.asp (org)