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Holding companies look quiet from outside and are anything but in the books. Dividend flows, fair value movements and the specific tax treatment of investment income all need careful handling.
Sounds familiar
“My holding company pays tax I did not expect.”
Investment income has its own deductibility logic. Classified from day one, the computation lands without surprises.
“Fair value season is an annual mystery.”
Listed positions marked to market, unquoted ones carried correctly and the notes written while the information is fresh.
“Loans between my companies keep tangling.”
Inter-company balances documented and reconciled through the year, so restructuring and tax questions have ready answers.
Investment holding companies are taxed on a different logic from trading companies. Expense deductibility is restricted and matched against income sources, one-tier dividends are exempt, and foreign income has its own remittance rules. We keep the income streams classified from day one so the tax computation lands cleanly instead of being reconstructed each year.
A holding company should be boring in the best way: every layer filed, every flow documented and the tax position known before November.
Income classified from day oneFair values done properlyInter-company documented
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Only certain expenses are deductible for investment holding companies and only against matching income. We classify them correctly through the year.
Singapore one-tier dividends arrive tax-exempt in the holding company. Foreign dividends depend on remittance and exemption conditions we assess for you.
Depends on group size thresholds. Many pure holding structures qualify for audit exemption; we confirm against your actual numbers.
Yes. Listed positions are marked to market and unquoted investments carried under the appropriate standard with the notes done properly.
Yes. We prepare final accounts and support the strike-off through our corporate secretarial team.
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Tell us the holdings and we will keep every layer filed and clean.
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