Frequently Asked Questions About Singapore’s Unique Entity Number (UEN)
Every company or organization in Singapore has a unique entity number (UEN) allocated to it. It is employed for a number of administrative tasks and government reporting. Knowing your company’s UEN might be useful if you need to get in touch with the government or conduct other business-related action.
We’ve provided a collection of commonly asked questions regarding the unique entity number (UEN) in this post along with in-depth answers to assist you learn more about it.
What in Singapore is a UEN?
The Singaporean government assigns any entity doing business there with a unique entity number (UEN), which can be 9 or 10 digits long.
It is a number that is used to precisely identify each registered organization so that they may conveniently interact with different governmental entities, from filing corporate tax returns to asking for import and export licenses, under a single identification number, with ease.
Who will publish UEN?
In Singapore, a few distinct companies have the authority to issue UENs. The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority is the most prevalent (ACRA).
In Singapore, how can I obtain a UEN?
Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to obtain a UEN if you haven’t yet registered your business and don’t have one:
Select a company structure.
Register your company
Choose if you want a unique UEN.
Once you’ve registered, check your UEN.
Unique UEN (SUN)
Beginning on February 9, 2018, business owners can choose a preferred UEN from a list of reserved UENs during entity establishment, registration, or conversion. This selected UEN is known as a Special UEN (SUN). (According to BBCIncorp’s UEN articles)
Those who decide not to apply for a SUN will still get a free, automatically created UEN. In order to facilitate trade with government entities, SUN makes it simpler for entity owners to recognize and recall their own UEN.