a family of independent firms with diverse cultures

who are we?

PKF-CAP is a leading accountancy and business advisory firm in Singapore. Our teams of dedicated professionals are here to bring together their extensive experience in devising and delivering the best and practical solutions for your business needs. The resources we can marshal together with the local and global perspective we provide ensure that you receive service and advice that meet both your local and international needs.

“Local expertise wherever you are” is the PKF promise. PKF-CAP being part of PKF International means a global standard of quality for you. Wherever you take your business, you can be sure of a trusted PKF firm to support you with the same care and skill that you find at home.

how can we help you?

• Audit and Assurance

• Tax Consulting

• Financial Advisory

• Corporate and Business Services

• Technology Solution

our service line

PKF is a global network of legally independent firms bonded together by a shared commitment to passion, teamwork, clarity, quality and integrity in a competitive complex regulatory business and environment.

With offices in 440 cities, we operate in 150 countries across 5 continents, and specialise in providing high quality audit, accounting, tax, and business advisory services to international and domestic organisations in all our markets.

PKF-CAP is the Singapore member of PKF International network of independent firms. We are on site and alongside with you, involved in your marketplace, ready to identify and meet your needs with a consistently high quality.

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Audit and assurance are at the heart of what we do. Services such as audit, financial reporting and risk management advice give your business the stability you need to manage effectively and achieve your goals.

When you are a decision maker, you need to be sure you are acting on reliable information. You need to be aware of your business risks and know that they are managed effectively. You need assurance in your underlying systems and controls, and the certainty that you are compliant with key legal requirements. Moreover, you need to be able to instil in your shareholders, investors and customers with the same confidence. We can give you the assurance you need.

We deliver highly personalised audits, led by partners who stay involved throughout and are supported by well-trained audit professionals.

Our pragmatic and objective advice will help you to understand and respond to the risks your business faces in an increasingly complex business environment.

For every audit engagement, we look closely at the client’s business as a whole and tailor our audit procedures to the areas of operations, compliance and risk.

You will receive commercially-focused recommendations to help you make informed decisions about your business.

Our risk-based audit approach has been developed through the PKF International network and is based on international auditing standards and legislated Singapore requirements.

Our process includes an inbuilt quality control system, giving you confidence that your audit has been completed under rigorous professional standards and complies with the stringent interpretation of the law.

Our staff are continuously appraised about the latest skills and techniques of auditing applicable to all audit and assurance assignments.

Whether it is in the areas of statutory audit or due diligence for any planned corporate changes or acquisition, you can count on our dedicated service and advice.

OUR KEY SERVICES INCLUDE:

• External Audit

• Review

• Financial due diligence

• Reporting accountant for IPO

• Internal audit

• Risk management

• Corporate governance advisory

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As tax affairs become increasingly complex with people and companies crossing international boundaries, you need an international tax adviser who specialises in various aspects of taxation.

In addition to assistance in traditional service lines of income tax, goods and services tax, property tax and stamp duty, our team is also experienced in assisting companies in cross border investment planning and international dispute resolution.

Our advisers are also available to provide assistance in tax negotiations and dispute resolution, an area of increasing frustration to companies.

With the economic scene becoming increasingly competitive, companies are also actively reorganising to secure market place dominance. Restructuring advice aside, our multi-disciplinary team is also experienced in international due diligence reviews for your peace of mind should you identify strategic merger and acquisition opportunities.

Compliance issues aside, companies are also becoming increasingly concerned with risk management and control. Our team is well positioned to advise on organisational tax risk management and how finance and tax functions can be better designed such that tax risks can be proactively identified and managed by way of logical controls framework.

OUR KEY SERVICES INCLUDE:

• Tax compliance and advisory for corporations and individuals

• GST review

• International tax and investment planning

• Transfer pricing review

• Corporate restructuring

• Mergers and acquisitions

• Dispute resolution and negotiation with regulatory bodies

• Cross border tax risk management

• Organisational tax risk management

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Corporate Finance Advisory

Your company wishes to maximize returns and generate positive internal growth that will make it a dynamic fast paced force in your industry. This is the dream, so how do you achieve it?

You let PKF-CAP use our skills to show you all of the options available to your company. We will help you decide if your company needs to outsource key functions or if it needs additional support or even selling off shares in a business unit. Let our professional eyes evaluate the functionality and operational cost effectiveness of your business model and provide you with solutions that will keep you a step ahead of your competition.

We have many years of experience helping clients undertake significant projects by creating workable solutions and strategies to ensure successful and timely completion. Starting from initial feasibility studies through to project management and sign off, we can offer a full in-house service solution.

Rapid growth and international expansion are the order of the day in today’s fast changing business environment. PKFCAP will guide your business through this minefield by helping your company to expand and open new markets with mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances and re-organisations.

Valuation Advisory

We provide valuation services to help clients comply with financial reporting standards requirements (e.g. purchase price allocation, financial instruments, ESOP, impairment testing) and establish the value of their business for transaction, internal planning, litigation support and dispute resolution purpose.

financial advisory

Dispute, Fraud and Forensic

Are you (or your client) involved in a complex commercial dispute? We have extensive experience and expertise in assisting clients deal with complex disputes whether as expert witness in litigation (acting for plaintiffs or defendants) or otherwise. While the legal issues in a dispute will be dealt with by lawyers, complex financial issues require professional financial expertise in determining, say, the true financial impact (damages) of a breach of agreement whether relating to JV commitments, IP rights, post-acquisition disputes or construction claims resulting from delays, disruptions or accelerations. We have the wherewithal to assist you in arriving at the optimum outcome, whether you are pursuing a claim or defending against one.

Insolvency and Reconstruction

Dealing with your own customer’s insolvency can be daunting. At PKF-CAP we use our extensive experience to guide you through this minefield.

We can offer you options like restructuring and corporate rescue schemes, workouts and schemes of arrangements as well as judicial management.

As a leading accounting practice, we, of course, have expertise in bankruptcy, liquidation and receivership, including priority issues, unfair preferences and fraudulent trading. Cross border insolvencies require specialist advice and we have the know-how and network to assist.

OUR KEY SERVICES INCLUDE:

• Business planning and modelling• Business valuation• Merger and acquisitions advisory• Initial public offer advisory• Due diligence• Corporate restructuring• Debt restructuring• Fraud investigation• Forensic accounting• Litigation support

• Expert witness• Claims and Disputes consulting• Liquidation• Receivership• Bankruptcy• Judicial management• Court winding up• Interim management• Valuation for financial reporting

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PKF free your time to focus on business growth

corporate and business services

In today’s highly regulated and competitive environment, things change quickly. The ability to make the right decision at the right time can make all the difference. We at PKF will be available to you when you need us most.

PKF advisers work with clients of diverse background. We serves established businesses as well as entrepreneur embarking on a start-up. Our range of services have been developed to support our clients at different stages of business life-cycle, from inception, to growth, expansion, internationalisation, acquisition and divestment.

PKF’s reputation has been built on responsiveness and personal service, technical experience in complex areas, unique ability to relate to our clients and the agility in providing practical solution to our clients.

PKF understands that your business needs you. It is natural that your effort is committed to running a thriving business, from planning your strategy to identifying ways of implementing it, dealing with any changes in the business environment and responding to them timely to ensure business sustainability. However, routine tasks and various compliance requirement need to be fulfilled too. They may not be as exciting, but they are as important.

Let us assist you with our comprehensive range of services which could be tailored around you and your priorities.

Business Formation and Setting Up

Our team of experienced and professional advisers offers expert advice and practical assistance to entrepreneur, local and foreign business owners and investors when it comes to business formation, registration and establishment. Our all rounded professional advisers could relate your business model to the post-establishment compliance requirement and promptly highlighting the potential risk area for you to plan ahead and manage.

• Preliminary advice on doing business and setting up in Singapore

• Incorporation/ registration of companies, partnerships, foreign company (branch), representative office, etc

• Offshore company formation and administration (BVI, Mauritius, etc.)

• Provision of registered office address

• Advising and applying for work passes and visa for foreign individuals and their dependent(s)

• Application for licenses and permits

• Recruitment and arrangement for local director(s) & company secretary

• Bank account opening arrangement

• Registration for GST/ custom and excise account/ CPF

Corporate Secretarial and Administration

Right from the moment your business is established, our experienced and meticulous team of professionals are ready to partner you in your journey through every stage of your business, helping you to achieve the highest standards of reporting, disclosure and compliance in a timely, practical and cost-effective manner.

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PKF provides a full range of corporate secretarial and managed compliance services to companies of different sizes and complexity, including:

• Acting as corporate secretarial agent

• Proper maintenance of statutory registers and records

• Preparing board resolutions and shareholders’ resolutions

• Attending to and recording minutes at board and shareholder meetings

• Advising and assisting companies with reporting and compliance requirements

• Advising and assisting with striking-off process

• Advising and assisting with capital reorganisation, capital reduction and share buy back transaction

• Statutory and compliance due diligence

• Corporate governance advisory

Accounting and Financial Reporting Services and Business Process Outsourcing

Our qualified professionals are capable of providing you with practical solutions to different challenges, from the mundane day to day accounting functions to the technically-driven areas such as the interpretation and application of accounting standards relevant to your businesses.

Being part of an established international network widely recognised for its quality of service also means that PKF has access to a wealth of technical knowledge aggregated from different network firms around the world over a long period of time.

The extensive range of accounting and financial reporting services we could provide include:

• Setting-up advisory and assistance

• Bookkeeping and maintenance of accounting records

• Outsourcing of accounting function

• Financial reporting

• Financial Management/ Virtual CFO services

• Temporary Relief/ Staff secondment

• Consolidation/ Combination

• Accounting advisory

• Accounting emergency

Human Resource and Payroll Administration

PKF provides a comprehensive and professional human resource and payroll administration service. Our professionals who understand the complexity of current payroll processes and legislation are dedicated to the administration of the payroll function for our clients.

• General human resource consultancy

• Payroll management and administration

• Payroll compliance support

• Work pass application and renewal

Executive Search

Our unique position as a member of an international network of accountants and business advisory firms differentiate us from other players in the market and make us a clear choice of yours in your hunt for the right talent from top management down to the supporting function.

We have an established and extensive candidate database aggregated through our years of continuous dealing and involvement in the multiple industries within the region. Through the leadership of our experienced professionals, our consultants are well-trained to understand and relate your business need to the skill sets required in the people that you are looking for.

Our philosophy is not just to fill jobs but business needs. You will access to our unique blend of speed, quality and experience when you work with us. Our constant and regular communications with candidates and clients assured an efficient hiring, onboarding and settling-in process.

AREAS OF OUR EXPERTISE:

• Finance & Accounting

• Internal Audit & Compliance

• Treasury and Credit Specialist

• Taxation

• Directorship

• C-levels or Top Management

• General Management/ Management Team

• Business Development and Strategic Planning

• Human Resource

• Office Administration

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PKF help our clients improve business processes through better use of technology

technology solution

At PKF IGNITE, we are committed to helping all of our clients succeed. Our professionals provide end-to-end IT and business process services that facilitate the ongoing evolution of our clients’ businesses.

Why us?

PKF IGNITE provides innovative services to solve complex challenges in the planning and design of built environments or green fields. We focus on the applied knowledge and experience of senior professionals directly to every project we take on - regardless of its scale or location. We have assembled a wide range of allied disciplines and backgrounds within an agile and compact firm, bringing you the benefits of a multi-disciplinary practice without the organisational complexity and cost typical of larger firms.

BUSINESS LINES

Managed Services

Competition, constantly changing regulations, customer demands, limited resources, capacity challenges, and budget constraints, these are constraints that are always in any organisation’s list. Organisations, big, medium or small shouldn’t have to worry about infrastructure. That’s our job.

With the emergence of cloud computing, virtualisation, and mobility, we are wellaligned with market trends and demands. We offer the technology, processes, and people that clients need to transform their IT infrastructure, achieving efficiencies, cost savings and concentrating more on their core business. This is the reason why our clients rely on us for cost-effective, innovative and secure infrastructure services and solutions.

Professional Services

In an organisation, you must continuously cope with ongoing change-whether transforming your business to take advantage of new market opportunities, restructuring to improve operational efficiency, or responding to new regulations and risks. This requires a rapid, proven and agile response, which ensures that the right people, processes and technologies are in place to enable peak performance, no matter the competitive and economic conditions.

With PKF IGNITE Professional Services, you have the expertise needed to help grow your business, drive revenue, improve efficiency and become more agile. We take a unique approach to consulting-listening and co-innovating with our clients to ensure lasting success.

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our global network

PKF is a global network of legally independent firms bonded together by a shared commitment to passion, teamwork, clarity, quality and integrity in a competitive complex regulatory business and environment. We are passionate about building long term relationships based on teamwork, trust and a deep understanding our clients’ circumstances and business.

Our family consists of over 400 offices, operating in 150 countries across five regions. We specialise in providing high quality audit, accounting, tax and business advisory services to international and domestic organisations in all our markets.

PKF International Limited is a member of the Forum of Firms - an organisation dedicated to consistent and high quality standards of financial reporting and auditing practices worldwide

PKF is around the corner and around the world

our global sectors our global industries

consumer markets

energy and resources

financial services

government

healthcare

industrial markets

logistics

not for profit

technology

automotive

construction

food and drink

high technology

hospitals

hotels, tourism and leisure

insurance

manufacturing

mining

oil and gas

professional services

real estate

retail

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