Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)

🎉 What a year to celebrate! This month, we welcomed our newly accredited and re-accredited ATOs, including @Backbone, Biz Square Pte Ltd, Lee Kim Audit PAC, People's Association, Prestige Accounting Pte Ltd, and Sleek and more! 🏆 2024 was a milestone year as we expanded the reach of the SCAQ and our ATO network beyond Singapore, connecting with overseas markets. 🌏 This year, the strong interest from our overseas employers from countries including China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam has been incredible, and we’re thrilled to see many of them already accredited or in the process of joining us! As we look ahead to 2025, we’re excited to collaborate even more closely with ATOs, leveraging ISCA spaces at polytechnic and university campuses to promote accountancy careers and build a strong talent pipeline of future Chartered Accountants. 🤩 ✨ Keep an eye on this space—we can’t wait to see what 2025 has in store! #ISCA #ATO #DifferenceMakers #CharteredAccountantsinthemaking #Accounting #Accountancy #SCAQ #DiverseCareers #CharteredAccountantOfSingapore #CASingapore Wei Luo Tan | Melissa Meishan Wu | Jeang Meng Chen FCCA | Cheryl Quek | Patrick Yu | Chloe Tan | Lucas Lee | Ng Yan Da (Chris) | Darius Tay

🎉 To wrap up a busy but fulfilling year of youth outreach efforts by our team, we were proud to support the SIM Accounting Association Axperience 2024 Case Competition, where young minds tackled real-world challenges with impressive creativity and problem-solving skills. We also joined forces with EY Singapore for the SIM Accounting Association Corporate Visit, featuring a sharing session by former ISCA Council Member Ms. Belinda Teo and an engaging panel discussion with three of EY’s managers, providing students with invaluable career inspiration. 💼🌟 From exploring real-world business challenges to gaining insights into diverse career pathways in accountancy, we’re proud to ignite a passion for accountancy and empower students to discover the boundless opportunities the profession has to offer. A heartfelt thank you to all participants, partners, and mentors who made these moments unforgettable! 💡✨ 📧 Educators and schools, we’d love to work with you in the new year too! If you’re keen to host a learning journey or school visit, drop us an email at [email protected] to explore opportunities. Let’s start 2025 on a high note and shape the future together! #ISCA #DifferenceMakers #CharteredAccountantsinthemaking #Accountancy #Accounting #SCAQProgramme #DiverseCareers #CharteredAccountantOfSingapore #SCAQ #CASingapore Wei Luo Tan | Jeang Meng Chen FCCA | Patrick Yu | Chloe Tan | Lucas Lee

Are you like Winston Lai, being tasked to drive sustainability but not sure where to start? 😵💫 Sustainability doesn’t have to be daunting. The ISCA Sustainability Professional Certificate equips you with the tools to lead impactful sustainability initiatives with confidence. Ready to turn uncertainty into impact? Sign up today: https://lnkd.in/gB2f6j_j #ISCA #DifferenceMakers #Accounting #Accountancy #Sustainability ISCA Academy | Valerie Chong

The ISCA Community Accounting Programme (CAP) scales up after a one-year trial! Launched in partnership with the Office of the Director of Charities and the National Council of Social Service (NCSS), this programme aims to help charities accelerate the digitisation of their financial and accounting procedures and provide digital accounting shared services. 🤝 💥 If you would like to implement accounting software in your businesses for improved accountability and governance, or to enhance the processes and controls for better risk management, sign up here: Thank you very much to Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报 for covering our programme! Read more: https://lnkd.in/gG5ZGEk3 #ISCA #DifferenceMakers #Accounting #Accountancy #Finance #Governance #RiskManagement 

📢 Attention ISCA members! Have you renewed your membership for 2025? Take full advantage of the benefits and opportunities that come with being a part of ISCA community, and renew your membership today! Plus, stand a chance to win prizes worth $500 each in our monthly lucky draw. Renew your ISCA membership online via the ISCA eServices Portal on our website, and visit https://lnkd.in/gqmr3vNq for more information. Do note that annual membership subscriptions are due on 1 January and payable by 31 January each year. A late payment fee will apply for payments received after 28 February 2025. Suat Lay Soh | Ellen Wong | Lynn Shi | Wei Ching L. | Ren Ying Rebecca Chye | Tham Isson

✍ ISCA has issued ‘EP 100 IG 4 (Revised 2024) – Clarification on Public Interest Entities in Singapore’ to clarify on entities, including financial institutions, that would be considered as public interest entities (PIEs) in Singapore. Six new FAQs have been added to EP 100 IG 4 (Revised 2024), including guidance on whether the following would be a publicly traded entity or another category of PIE in EP 100 (revised on 8 August 2024): 🎯 an entity issuing bonds listed on Singapore Exchange 🎯 any entity in the process of listing 🎯 a business trust or real estate investment trust 🎯 a charity 👉 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/ggzSSNn4 #ISCA #DifferenceMakers #Accounting #Accountancy #Finance #PublicInterestEntity #Ethics Chin Chin Eng | Lorraine Chay | Vivienne Chiang | Shian Goh | Teik Tiong, Gregory Ho | Khairil Suhairee | Yew Cheong Khong, FCPA (Aust.), CA ANZ | Lee Bee Leng | Michelle Liew | Lim Tze Yuen | Amos Ng, FCCA | Lisa Ooi | Premila Gowri Shankar | E-Sah Woo | Shea Leen Woo | Karen Lim | Ng Meow Ling | Jake Yeo | Caroline Lee Terence Lam | Alice Tan | Jezz Chew | Shi Zhen Ng | Donaphan Boey | Wang Zhumei | Felicia Tay

Getting confirmations in “black and white” is second nature to most of us. But in Indonesia, no news might actually be good news – especially for tax appeal cases! If the Directorate General of Taxation doesn’t respond in time within 12 months, your objection petition is deemed granted. ✅ With Singapore being a popular head office location, professionals have a pivotal role in helping navigate the intricate regional tax landscape. This article shares insights into Indonesia and Malaysia's tax system and appeal process to better manage strategies, ensuring compliance, and mitigating risks. 🔗 Read more on CA Lab: https://lnkd.in/g6dwSUf4 #ISCA #TaxStrategies #TaxCompliance #TaxProfessionals #CALab Pauline Chee | Jacqueline Lui | Terence Lam

ISCAccountify, Boardflix, and SCAQ are on their way to Mauritius! 🇲🇺 We were thrilled to have met Mr. Sin Li, Chairperson of the Mauritius Institute of Professional Accountants (MIPA), during the networking sessions at the IFAC Council Meeting in Paris. Our discussions continued online and led to a productive lunch over local delights here in Singapore. 😉 🙏 A big thank you to Mr. Sin for travelling all the way to Singapore to visit us. We’re excited to bring our innovative platforms and programmes to accountants in Mauritius. Stay tuned for the arrival of ISCAccountify, Boardflix, and SCAQ! #ISCA #DifferenceMakers #CharteredAccountantsInTheMaking #Accounting #Accountancy #SCAQ #DiverseCareers #CharteredAccountantOfSingapore #CASingapore Zoey Xie | David Yeong | Kacie Yang | Jeang Meng Chen FCCA | Melissa Meishan Wu

We’re unplugging from 24 December (afternoon) to 1 January to recharge our batteries and come back energised for 2025! 🎇 During this period, please note ISCA House will be closed, and our hotline will be unmanned. Online transactions and resources will remain available, but email responses will be delayed.   We'll be back in action on 2 January, all ready to tackle the new year with you. 🍾✨   Until then, have a holly jolly holiday season. See you next year — refreshed and ready! 😎

“Being a #CASingapore has helped me find my calling. After polytechnic, I took up the challenge of taking accounting papers. To my surprise, I passed all five Accounting Level 1 papers within six months. I decided to continue with Level 2 and 3 and completed the course within 2.5 years! 📚 During my time as an accountant, I became acquainted with Enterprise Resource Planning solutions such as Oracle and Peoplesoft. My passion for 💻 software implementation grew quickly, and I began my journey as a Business and Application Consultant, progressed through various roles and eventually became a Managing Director at a Fujitsu Subsidiary. After nine years at Fujitsu, I was retrenched during the Global Financial Crisis. It was a very stressful time. It was then that I decided to pivot, using my knowledge and skills gained from accounting to identify gaps in the market. Through working with my clients, I realised that all of them needed more dynamic business solutions to meet their operational needs. This insight sparked the founding of Xintesys, where we focus on enhancing the accounting and operational aspects of businesses — an area where my accounting background truly gave me an edge as an accelerator to succeed in entrepreneurism and other associated skillsets. 🌟 Together with my team, we are now developing a platform to automate how we engage with clients and employees, enabling us to focus on creating job opportunities for people from all walks of life, especially those balancing family, studies, and work.” --Ruxin Shi, CA (Singapore), Founder, Xintesys 🚀 Join us as a member to propel your career and realise your #accountancy dreams: https://lnkd.in/gKJN44Am #ISCA #DifferenceMakers #Accounting #OurISCACommunity #CharteredAccountantsinthemaking #SCAQProgramme #SCAQ #DiverseCareers #CharteredAccountantOfSingapore #CASingapore