Cancelled: Budget Seminar 2020

Join us at our Budget Seminar as Tax Director, Michelle Seat, addresses the implications arising from these changes and tax treatment arising from FRS 116. We are honored to have Ms Jennifer Chih as our speaker, provide insights into the core changes in the employment law as well as highlighting the specific impact for businesses. We are also honored to have our regular guest speaker, Seng Wun, share his thoughts on Singapore’s economic outlook for 2020.  

 

Who should attend?  CFOs, FCs, tax directors/executives, finance managers, accountants and management executives. 

 

CPD Hours     :  2.5 hours

 

Closing Date :  28 February 2020

 

Enquiries        : Helena Sim

                                helena.sim@fookontan.com

                                +65 6304 2316  

Programme*

13:00pm Registration

13:30pm Budget 2020 Highlights

                     FRS 116 & Its Tax Treatment

                     Michelle Seat, Tax Director

                     Foo Kon Tan LLP

14:30pm Updates on Singapore Employment Law and HR Practices

                     Jennifer Chih, Director

                     PK Wong & Nair LLC

15:00pm Tea Break

15:30pm Economic Outlook 2020: Opportunities & Risks

                     Song Seng Wun, Director/Economist

                     CIMB Private Banking

16:30pm Q&A

17:00pm End

 

Speakers

Michelle Seat Director - Tax, Foo Kon Tan LLP 

Michelle works closely with clients in various aspects of corporate tax planning and compliance, tax incentive applications, cross border tax structuring and planning, tax due diligence on business acquisitions to name but a few of Michelle's expertise. She also advises clients on Singapore GST matters. She is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and an Accredited Tax Advisor (Income tax) and Accredited Tax Practitioner (GST) of the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals.

 

Jennifer Chih Director, PK Wong & Nair LLC

Jennifer is a director at PK Wong & Nair LLC where she leads both the employment and data protection practice areas. A Singapore-qualified lawyer with over 20 years in the profession, her areas of expertise include corporate law, data protection law, and employment and immigration law. Armed with extensive experience in both employment and data protection law, Jennifer can capitalise on her unique perspective to provide clients with holistic and practical solutions to best address their legal concerns. She is also keenly aware of the dynamic nature of law and frequently conducts training and seminars for in-house counsel and employees on the developments in the PDPA and employment law in Singapore.

 

Song Seng Wun Director/Economist, CIMB Private Banking 

Seng Wun is the director and economist in CIMB Private Banking. Born a Malaysian, he holds a Master of Arts in Econometrics from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He started his career as an economist in Malayan Banking Bhd. In the early 1990's, he moved to Singapore and worked as a Regional Economist with various major multi-national financial institutions such as Merrill Lynch (formerly Smith Newcourt); Warburg Dillon Read (formerly SBC Warburg) as well as ABN Amro (formerly ABN Amro Hoare Govette). His areas of focus are in the economies of ASEAN-5. He is a familiar icon in South-East Asia's news media as he has greatly contributed his professional views on the regional financial markets.

*Foo Kon Tan reserves the rights to amend the programme, topics and speakers of the seminar.