Essential business regulations

Essential business regulations

Depending on your sector and business activity, there may be mandatory business regulations you will need to comply with when you start your business.

Regulatory requirements guides

There are essential tax and compliance rules that every business in Singapore needs to know, depending on your business structure.

Your obligations as an employer

Learn more about your duties and obligations as an employer, as stipulated by the Employment Act here.

e-Services for essential business regulations

Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)

• Register data protection officer
  Register at least one individual as your organisation’s Data Protection Officer (DPO) to oversee compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).

e-Services for sector-specific regulations

Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR)

• Emissions data monitoring and analysis system
  Emissions Data Monitoring and Analysis System

Ministry of Manpower

• Factory Notification and Registration
  Notify or register your premises with MOM if your workplace is defined as a factory under the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Act. Read the WSH Act’s definition of a factory.

Singapore Customs

• Letter of undertaking for manufacturing cost statement
  Submit a letter of undertaking to support your last approved manufacturing cost statement.

• Update contact information for National Authority (Chemical Weapons Convention) Licensee
  Inform the National Authority (Chemical Weapons Convention) [NA(CWC)] of any changes to the existing main / alternate NA(CWC) licence contact applicants.

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