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Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority

Fundamentals of Corporate Secretarial Practice (FCSP)

Handle corporate secretarial duties with confidence. Learn key compliance requirements and how to file common transactions on Bizfile.

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Last updated 2 February 2026

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About FCSP
Who should take this course
Course objectives
Fees and CPE hours
Course modules
How to sign up

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About FCSP

This course covers the basics of corporate secretarial practice in Singapore. This includes:

  • Company structures

  • Key compliance requirements

  • How to handle common filings on Bizfile.

Who should take this course

Aspiring and current corporate secretarial staff.

Course objectives

Through this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand company concepts and features

  • Identify roles and responsibilities of key company officers

  • Understand share classes and governing laws

  • Know statutory requirements for annual general meetings (AGMs), annual returns (ARs), and financial reporting

  • File common Bizfile transactions confidently

Fees and CPE hours

FCSP

Key information

Details

Format

Online

Fees

$773.90 (including registration fees and GST)

Continuing professional education (CPE) hours

18 hours

Course modules

The course covers five modules over three days.

Module 1: Business entities and incorporation

Module 1 components

Module component

What it covers

Understanding business entities in Singapore


  • Types and characteristics of business entities

  • Selecting the right business entity type

  • Business name searches

  • Registered office address

  • Home office schemes

  • Constitution

  • Key statutory obligations

  • Roles of partners vs local managers

  • Partnership agreements

  • Limited liability partnerships (LLPs)

Incorporation process

  • Additional approvals and licences needed

  • Publication requirements and annual renewals

  • Medisave and costs

  • First Board resolutions

  • Creating statutory registers

  • Issuing share certificates

  • Setting financial year end

  • Appointing company secretaries, tax agents, and auditors

  • Opening bank accounts

  • GST registration

Module 2: Directors, company secretary and auditors

Module 2 components

Module component

What it covers

Directors

  • Definition of a director

  • Appointment, role, power, duties, and liabilities

  • Resignation and retirement

  • Re-election

  • Removal

  • Declaration of interests

Company secretary

  • Definition of a company secretary

  • Qualification, role, power, duties, and liabilities of:

    • Appointment

    • Resignation

    • Removal

Auditors

  • Definition of an auditor

  • Appointment, resignation and removal

Module 3: Shares - Allotment or transfers

This module covers:

  • Different classes of shares

  • Share value

  • Share allotment procedures

  • Register of Members

  • Register of Application and Allotment

  • Laws governing share transfers

  • Transfer forms, procedures and restrictions

  • Pre-emption provisions

  • Stamp duty payable

Module 4: AGMs and ARs

This module covers:

  • Statutory provisions for AGMs

  • General business of an AGM

  • Special business

  • AGM procedures

  • AGM notice, quorum, chairman and proxy arrangements

  • Drafting AGM minutes and resolutions

Module 5: Financial reporting - Financial statements

This module covers:

  • Overview of annual return filing (with or without XBRL)

  • Requirements to prepare financial statements and their contents

  • Dividend matters

  • Audit exemption

How to sign up

Check course dates and register via CSIS (Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore).