AG Singapore

Singapore is the base for AG Singapore, an accounting and audit practice that belongs to Ackenting Group, a collaboration of accounting firms in Singapore and Malaysia. The group's name joins the words accounting and innovation. It describes its approach as practical, proven and quick, and it targets smaller businesses and mid-tier companies.

Audit, accounting, tax and payroll

According to the firm, it covers outsourced accounting, auditing, corporate financing, tax and payroll under one roof, and it argues that few firms in Singapore handle every outsourced business need. Bookkeeping and accounting work includes compiling unaudited reports. Audit is done in house, covering statutory audits and grant audits. Clients named on the site come from logistics, construction, engineering, printing and the oil and gas trade.

Who sits behind the work

The site lists a team that includes a public accountant registered with ACRA, a chartered accountant in Singapore, an ASEAN CPA and a certified internal auditor, with leadership who previously spent years in Big 4 audit and accounting. It says it has more than a decade of experience across industries and promises a response within 24 hours.

Corporate accounting explained

The firm also publishes plain-language guidance. Corporate accounting, it explains, is the branch that prepares cash flow and financial statements, interprets results and tracks significant events such as mergers or acquisitions, so executives have reliable figures for strategic decisions. It argues that keeping accurate profit and loss records is vital for any organization, large or small.

Philosophy and network

AG describes its aim as becoming an essential partner in a client's success by managing accounting and administrative procedures, leaving the owners to focus on strategy. It stresses meeting deadlines without lowering quality and taking time to understand the client's business. Its team is part of IR Global, a professional services network of more than 1,000 firms across over 155 countries, which it offers as a route for clients with international interests.

Recognition it reports

The firm says it was named Most Trusted Tax Service Provider in Singapore by a regional magazine in 2020 and received the Singapore 500 SME Award in 2018.

AG Singapore, part of Ackenting Group, is an accounting and audit firm based in Singapore. The wider group brings together accounting practices in Singapore and Malaysia. The name Ackenting blends the words accounting and innovation.

What AG Singapore offers

• Accounting and bookkeeping: routine accounts and compiled unaudited reports.
• Audit: statutory, grant and similar audits handled in house.
• Tax services: tax planning and filing.
• Payroll: outsourced payroll processing.
• Corporate advisory: corporate financing and wider business advice.

Who it serves

Small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-tier companies, including logistics, construction and engineering, printing, and oil and gas firms. Its team includes a registered public accountant, a chartered accountant and a certified internal auditor.

Key facts

• Based in: Singapore
• Network: member of IR Global, a group of over 1,000 firms in more than 155 countries
• Recognition: named a tax service provider award winner by a regional magazine in 2020