Determining the dates that expenditure is incurred for PIC cash payout purposes PIC Cash Payout is disbursed only when the qualifying expenditure has been incurred by the business. An expense is incurred when the legal liability to pay has arisen, regardless of the date of actual payment. You may wish to note that if your…
Updates on the New Administrative Concession on Administering the “Subject to Tax” Condition for Foreign-sourced Dividends You can provide the following documents to substantiate that the underlying tax has been paid on the income out of which the foreign-sourced dividend is paid: a) Audited accounts of the foreign payer company Currently, to demonstrate that their…
250% Tax Deduction Under the Business and IPC Partnership Scheme From 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2018 From 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2018, businesses will enjoy a total of 250% tax deduction on wages and related expenses when they send their employees to volunteer and provide services, including secondments, to Institutions of…
Clarification on When Tax Clearance is Not Required in Singapore Tax clearance is where the employer ensures that a non-Singapore Citizen employee who ceases employment in Singapore or plans to leave Singapore for more than three months pays all his taxes. As an employer, it is your responsibility to notify IRAS and seek tax clearance…
Singapore and Cambodia Sign Agreement for Avoidance of Double Taxation (DTA) Singapore and Cambodia signed an Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation (DTA) on 20 May 2016. The signing took place in Singapore between Ms Indranee Rajah, Senior Minister of State for Law and Finance, and Dr. Aun Pornmoniroth, Cambodia’s Senior Minister of Economy…
Second Protocol to Singapore-UAE Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation Enter Into Force The Second Protocol amending Singapore’s standing Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with United Arab Emirates (UAE) entered into force on 16 March 2016. The revised terms in the Second Protocol include longer threshold periods to ascertain the presence of a…
Compulsory to E-filing of Section 45 Withholding Tax Online From 1 July 2016 We would like to inform that e-filing of Section 45 Withholding Tax will be made compulsory with effect from 1 July 2016. Paper filing will not be accepted after 1 July 2016. Click here for more information. …
Stop All Confusion and Start Knowing Everything About Singapore’s Withholding Tax Tax, the topic that comes and goes. If you are an individual working in Singapore, you pay tax accordingly. The same applies if you own a company that entirely operates in Singapore. These two examples resonate with being a tax resident of Singapore. If…