{"id":1607,"date":"2021-02-10T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T07:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ehluar.com\/main\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2021-02-18T11:24:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T03:24:40","slug":"isca-support-fund-to-help-smps-post-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ehluar.com\/main\/2021\/02\/10\/isca-support-fund-to-help-smps-post-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"ISCA Support Fund to help SMPs post-Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On or about 7 Feb 2021, the Institute of Singapore Chartered  Accountants (ISCA) has set up the <em>ISCA Support Fund<\/em>, worth $8 million, to help the accountancy profession and small and medium practices (SMPs)  and small- and medium-sized accounting firms build resilience and emerge stronger in the post-COVID-19 environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the support of  Enterprise Singapore\u2019s (ESG) SG Together Enhancing Enterprise Resilience  (STEER) program, the fund will allocate $3 million to accelerate the digital transformation and upskilling efforts of SMPs  and provide working capital for transformation efforts to companies affected by the pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the STEER program, ESG will  match $1 for every $2 contributed by the ISCA to help strengthen and transform businesses. Another S$3 million will go towards re-skilling and up-skilling ISCA members, and $2 million will go towards supporting members in financial hardship by offsetting their  membership and training fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>ISCA Support Fund<\/em> aims to help accounting firms and accountancy  professionals make deeper and more strategic shifts so that they can  emerge stronger and seize the opportunities arising in the New Normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The <em>ISCA Support Fund<\/em>  has three strategic thrusts \u2013 Support  Businesses, Sustain Livelihoods of Accountancy Professionals and  Safeguard Professional Credentials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \nISCA Support Fund has 3 strategic thrusts \u2014 support businesses, sustain \nlivelihoods of accountancy professionals and safeguard professional \ncredentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <em>ISCA<\/em>,7 February 2021, accessed 9 February 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On or about 7 Feb 2021, the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) has set up the ISCA Support Fund, worth $8 million, to help the accountancy profession and small and medium practices (SMPs) and small- and medium-sized accounting firms build resilience and emerge stronger in the post-COVID-19 environment. With the support of Enterprise Singapore\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accounting","category-auditing","category-techupdates"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehluar.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehluar.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehluar.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ehluar.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ehluar.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ehluar.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1608,"href":"http:\/\/ehluar.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607\/revisions\/1608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehluar.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ehluar.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ehluar.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}