On or about 16 August 2019, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has published the third edition of the e-Tax Guide on GST: Customer Accounting for Prescribed Goods. It replaces the second edition published on 13 December 2018.

The third edition of the e-Tax Guide contains the following updates:

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  • Updated paragraph 5 to provide more examples of  products  that  will  fall  within  and  outside  the meaning of ‘prescribed goods’.
  • Updated paragraph 7.6 to provide added clarity that    customer    accounting    applies    to    all purchases of prescribed goods (even occasional purchases for the customer’s own business use) exceeding    $10,000    by    a    GST-registered customer for his business purposes. 
  • Updated paragraph 7.7 to provide added clarity that the exemption mentioned applies only to the reporting  of  standard-rated  supplies/output  tax and  taxable  purchases/input  tax  in  the  GST return   and   is   only   open   to   GST-registered customers   that   have   been   accorded  ACAP status.
  • Updated   paragraph   7.8   to   make   clear   that relevant supplies received by a partially exempt GST-registered customer are to be excluded for the purposes of determining allowable input tax.

Source: IRAS website, 16 August 2019