Side hustle selling on Shopee, do I need to register business and declare income to IRAS?
Two separate things here, both important. First, ACRA registration: if you're doing business under your own name exactly as per NRIC and it'…
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Two separate things here, both important. First, ACRA registration: if you're doing business under your own name exactly as per NRIC and it'…
Yes, you can use your Medisave for immediate family, spouse, parents, children, grandparents, siblings. I did exactly this when my mum was h…
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Yes you can, Medisave is usable for immediate family including parents, spouse, children and grandparents. Went through this when my mum was…
I took a counter-offer in 2022 and regretted it within 8 months. The extra 1.4k felt good on payday, but the trust was gone on both sides. M…
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Been juggling a side business with a day job for years, so here's the balanced picture. It's genuinely doable and the extra income and skill…
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I'm in analytics hiring. We look at whether you can tell a story with data, not your age. Bring one real project to the interview and you'll…
We kept ours sane by separating what we wanted from what tradition demanded, then compromising. My parents wanted the big dinner for relativ…
Did this exact math last year and switched to SIM-only, saving roughly $40/month. Here's how to work it out properly. The "free" phone on a …
Regular JB-goer here, worth it IF you play the timing game, brutal if you don't. My rules: go on a weekday if you can, never Saturday mornin…
We did grandparents for the first year then infant/childcare after, and I'd recommend that combo if your parents are willing and able. Reaso…
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For me the trigger to register was when I wanted to sell on proper platforms and needed a business entity, and when the money became enough …
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