Deal Structure, Tax and Legal Points in Education Business Sales
Most education business sales in Singapore are structured as either a share sale, where the buyer takes over the company and its licence, or an asset sale, where the business moves into the buyer's own company. The choice drives the ECDA route, staff transfer, stamp duty and which liabilities the buyer inherits.
Agreeing a headline price is the easy part. These guides cover the terms that decide how much the seller actually receives and when: structure, tax, staff, deferred payments and how deposits and prepaid fees are settled at completion.
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Share Sale vs Asset Sale: Two Ways to Take Over a Childcare Centre in Singapore
The two ways to take over a childcare centre in Singapore, buying the company or buying the business, compared on ECDA timing, staff, lease, liabilities and tax.
Earn-Outs in Education Business Deals: How They Work and When to Accept One
How earn-outs work in childcare, tuition and enrichment business sales, which metric to use, when one makes sense, and the clauses that protect the seller.
Key Clauses in a Sale and Purchase Agreement for an Education Business
The clauses that matter in an SPA for a childcare, tuition or enrichment business: payment, ECDA and landlord conditions, warranties, liability limits and non-competes.
Letter of Intent for an Education Business Sale: What to Include
What to put in a letter of intent when buying or selling a childcare, tuition or enrichment business, which terms bind, and the mistakes that cause problems later.
Prepaid Fees, Deposits and Subsidies at Completion: Who Keeps What?
Who keeps parents' deposits, prepaid fees and ECDA subsidies when a childcare or tuition centre is sold, and how a completion statement settles them.
What Happens to Staff When a Preschool or Tuition Centre Is Sold?
How staff are affected when a preschool, tuition or enrichment centre is sold in Singapore, under MOM's transfer of employment rules and ECDA's staff requirements.
Stamp Duty and GST When Selling a Business in Singapore
How stamp duty and GST apply when you sell a childcare, tuition or enrichment business in Singapore, by share sale or asset sale, using IRAS's rules.
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