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who are we?

PKF is a global network of legally independent fi rms

bound together by a shared commitment to quality,

integrity and the creation of clarity in a complex

regulatory environment.

With offi ces 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 fi rms. We remain an integral

part of the local community. We are on site, involved

in your marketplace, ready to identify and meet your

needs with service of a consistently high quality.

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where we operate

440cities

150countries

5continents

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PKF-CAP is a leading accountancy and business advisory fi rm 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 and the 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 fi rm to support you with the same care

and skill that you fi nd at home.

• Audit and Assurance

• Tax Consulting

• Financial Advisory

• Corporate and Business Services

• Technology Solution

how can we help you?

Our Service Line

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audit andassurance

Audit and assurance are at the heart of what we do. Services such as audit, fi nancial 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 faith 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 your shareholders, investors and customers with the same confi dence. We can give you the assurance you need.

Our key services include:

• Statutory audit and review

• Non-statutory audit and review

• Internal audit and risk management

• Sarbanes Oxley Compliance

• Financial due diligence

• Reporting accountant

We deliver highly personalised audits, led by partners who stay involved throughout and are supported by audit professionals with signifi cant business experience.

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 so you are in the best possible position to 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 confi dence that your audit has been completed under rigorous professional standards and complies with the strictest 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.

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Our key services include:

• Tax compliance and advisory for corporations and individuals

• International tax and investment planning

• Corporate restructuring

• Mergers and acquisitions

• Dispute resolution and negotiation with regulatory bodies

• Cross border tax risk management

• Organisational tax risk management

taxconsulting

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 fi nance and tax functions can be better designed such that tax risks can be proactively identifi ed and managed by way of logical controls framework.

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fi nancial advisory

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Corporate Financial 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 signifi cant 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. PKF-CAP will guide your business through this minefi eld by helping your company to expand and open new markets with mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances and re-organisations.

Dispute, Fraud & 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 fi nancial issues require professional fi nancial expertise in determining, say, the true fi nancial 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 minefi eld.

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

• 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

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PKF free your time to focus on business growth

corporate and business services

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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 fulfi lled 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 & 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 offi ce, etc

• Offshore company formation and

administration (BVI, Mauritius, etc.)

• Provision of registered offi ce 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.

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

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• 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

fi nancial reporting

services & business

process outsourcing

Our qualifi ed 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

fi rms around the world over a long

period of time.

The extensive range of accounting and

fi nancial 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 fi rms

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 fi ll 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 effi cient hiring, on-

boarding 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

• Offi ce Administration

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

technologysolution

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.

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PKF IGNITE provides innovative services to solve complex challenges in the

planning and design of built environments or green fi elds. 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 fi rm, bringing you the

benefi ts of a multi-disciplinary practice without the organisational complexity and

cost typical of larger fi rms.

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 well-

aligned with market trends and demands.

We offer the technology, processes, and

people that clients need to transform their

IT infrastructure, achieving effi ciencies,

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.

why us?

business lines

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

effi ciency, 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 effi ciency 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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Financial Advisory

Sajjad Akhtar T +65 6500 9388

E s ajjadakhtar@pkfsingapore.com

Audit & Assurance

Michael Chin T +65 6500 9389

E m ichaelchin@pkfsingapore.com

Corporate & Business Services

Pong Siew Inn T +65 6500 9391

E siewinn@pkfsingapore.com

Tax Consulting

Goh Bun Hiong/ Janet Toh

T +65 6500 9359/ 9370

E bunhiong@pkfsingapore.com

janettoh@pkfsingapore.com

Technology Solution

Abdul Razak Bin Isa T +65 6500 9387

E abdulrazak@pkf.com

For Career with PKF-CAP

Lee Eng Kian

T +65 6500 9390

E e ngkian@pkfsingapore.com

who should you contact?

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PKF-CAP LLP

PKF-CAP Advisory Partners Pte Ltd

PKF-CAP Risk Consulting Pte Ltd

PKF-CAP Corporate Services Pte Ltd

PKF-CAP Ignite Pte Ltd

PKF-HT Khoo PAC

PKF-ACPA Management Consultants Pte Ltd

PKF-Khoo Management Services Pte Ltd

6 Shenton Way, OUE Downtown One, #38-01 Singapore 068809

Tel (65) 6500 9360

Fax (65) 6500 9366

Email info@pkfsingapore.com www.pkfsingapore.com