CPA Firm in Singapore - Certified Public Accountants

There are several types of accounting companies in Singapore that you can work with to settle the financial aspects of your business. There are small and large practices, as well as CPA firms. What does CPA stand for? It stands for Certified Public Accountant, a specialist who has completed specific education, has expertise and experience in certain accounting fields.
If you want to use the services of a CPA firm in Singapore, you can work with our certified accountants who can provide professional services in a wide range of matters. Find out below how we can help you.

Quick Facts
What is a CPA firm?	A CPA company is an accounting firm whose team is made up of Certified Public Accountants.
What is a Certified Public Accountant?	A Certified Public Accountant is a specialist who has undergone specific exams and is experienced in one or more accounting domains.
What is the difference between an accountant and a CPA?	A CPA also holds a license issued by a specific authority that recognizes his/her specialty.
Authorization body in Singapore	In Singapore, public accountants are registered with ACRA; the CA (Singapore) designation is conferred by the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA).
Services provided by a CPA firm in Singapore	A CPA company can provide tailored financial advice, support to foreign investors and companies in accounting matters, and tax optimization strategies.
Who can a CPA work for in Singapore?	A CPA can provide his/her services to natural persons and companies.
Guidance in choosing an appropriate business structure from a taxation point of view (YES/NO)	Yes, a CPA accountant can offer such a service.
Availability of industry-specific accounting services with a CPA (YES/NO)	Yes.
Do CPAs offer financial reporting/filing services? (YES/NO)	Yes, clients can rely on us for filing financial reports.
Are there any CPAs who specialize in audits in Singapore?	Yes.
Do CPAs work in large accounting firms only?	No, you can also find CPAs in our smaller practice.
Should I work with a CPA or a regular accountant?	You can decide based on the services you need and their complexity.
Availability of personalized accounting services provided by a CPA (YES/NO)	Yes, our Singapore accountants provide such services.
Is a CPA more expensive than a regular accountant?	Prices are calculated based on the services provided and the complexity of the procedures completed.
Advantages of working with our CPA firm	– access to an accountant in a timely manner, – a close client-provider relationship, – less bureaucracy.

What is a CPA firm in Singapore?

A CPA firm is an accounting company that has in its team certified public accountants in Singapore. These are specialists with experience who have obtained their qualifications after passing the exams organized by the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA).

A Singapore certified accountant can also obtain other international accreditations and thus extend his or her range of services. This is why working with a CPA firm can imply relying on highly skilled professionals who can tailor its services and solutions to the specific needs of a company.

Why choose a CPA Firm over an accountant

A CPA firm in Singapore can gather in its team several types of professionals who specialize in different areas of accounting. Moreover, they can provide a wider range of services. For your company, this would mean finding all the necessary support you need in one place.

What types of such accounting companies can you find in Singapore? There are both large and small enterprises you can choose from. Our Singapore accounting firm is among the latter category, which can prove advantageous from various points of view.

Reasons to choose a smaller CPA firm over a larger practice

If you haven’t decided yet, our accountants in Singapore recommend using the services of a smaller firm rather than a larger one’s. Here are also some reasons why you should do that:

you can build a much stronger relationship with our Singapore certified accountant due to the fact that we have fewer clients;
since we operate on a small scale, our prices reflect this aspect;
we offer fewer bureaucratic procedures, as we want our clients to have access to our accounting services in Singapore in a timely manner;
our Certified Public Accountants in Singapore provide personalized services (they take the time to create company profiles, so that our solutions are optimized to their needs).

At last, but not least, we pay the greatest attention to our clients’ needs.

Here is also an infographic on our CPA firm:

The main areas of expertise of CPA accountants in Singapore

CPA firms can work for natural persons, private and public companies, NGOs, and even for governmental authorities, as they can specialize in one or more accounting fields. Some of the most important are:

analyzing, preparing, and filing financial statements on behalf of companies with a focus on meeting compliance requirements;
offering tax advice which is personalized to the needs of the client (this may be the case of high net worth individuals who want to make risk investments);
performing various types of audits in Singapore;
providing financial consultancy services to Singapore companies on operational matters;
offering support in business valuations for mergers and acquisitions.

As such, when choosing to work with an accounting firm in Singapore that also has CPAs in its practice, you can rely on expertise in the specific matter you are interested in.

The main services provided by our Singapore certified accountants

Here is a part of the services offered by our accountants in Singapore:

support for foreign investors in choosing the appropriate type of structure from a financial point of view;
assistance for foreign companies seeking to expand their activities in the Singapore market by respecting the type of entity used in their home states;
personalized tax optimization strategies;
industry-based accounting services;
financial advice.

Apart from these, we also offer the usual tax registration, audit, and payroll services in Singapore, to mention a few.

Assistance in choosing a specific business form to operate in Singapore

As seen above, one of the main services offered by our CPA firm in Singapore is guiding investors, especially foreign ones, in choosing an appropriate business form to carry out economic activities in the city-state. Why is this aspect important? First of all, you can reduce various administrative costs. The respective funds can be invested in the company. Secondly, our accountants can advise on specific incentives granted by the government to certain industries. Our specialists can thoroughly analyze the economic profile of your company and help you maximize the subsidies you can obtain. Moreover, they will also ensure all documentation required by the authorities in place.

Working with a Singapore CPA accountant is particularly important when you have a startup or a small business for which using the available funds really matters.

Specialized services for foreign companies in Singapore

Singapore is a hotspot in terms of international trading with many international companies basing their headquarters here and numerous others seeking to enter the market.

If you own a company in another country and want to expand its operations in the City-State, our CPA firm is at your disposal with services like:

financial consultancy that favors both your foreign-based enterprise and the Singapore one;
compliance, as in such cases, accounting can be more complex when having to comply and reconcile financial legislation in 2 countries;
industry-based recommendations tailored to the Singapore market, which will differ from other countries particularities.

Expanding a foreign company in another country is about harmonizing the relationship between the parent company and its subsidiary from a financial point of view, and you can rely on our Singapore accounting firm for doing so.

We also have a video on this subject below:

How many accountants work in Singapore?

Based on the latest data gathered by the Business Register, at the level of 2023:

there were around 120,000 accountants in Singapore;
approximately 20% of them worked in accounting firms;
there were also about 43,500 members of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) at the end of 2025.

If you want to know how our CPA firm in Singapore works, we invite you to get in touch with us via email or phone.