Updates to Singapore Revenue Legislation
The following notification/ rules were published in the Government Gazette, electronic edition, on 5 July 2018 and came into operation on 6 July 2018: Stamp Duties Act (Amendment of First Schedule) (No. 2) Notification 2018 (S 452/2018) It amends the First Schedule to...
A Study of Financial Instruments – Part 1: Basic Measurement Rules
The Challenge When a company put its surplus cash reserves for investment in shares and bonds for returns, what will be the impact to the company’s financial performance when the market fell sharply soon after its investment? Can the company hold on its position not...
Stamp Duty: Additional Conveyance Duties on Property-Holding Entities
On 5 July 2018, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has updated the third edition of e-Tax Guide on Additional Conveyance Duties on Property-Holding Entities. This e-Tax Guide replaces the second edition which was published on 19 February 2018 to reflect...
Conditions for claiming writing-down allowance on intellectual property rights
On 27 June 2018, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has published the e-Tax Guide - "Intellectual Property Rights Valuation Report for Purposes of Section 19B of the Income Tax Act" to provide guidance on when an independent valuation report on...
IFRS 9 Financial Instruments – a new webcast on 3 July 2018
The International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) has issued a new educational webcast on IFRS 9 Financial Instruments. In this webcast, Senior Technical Adviser Liz Figgie will discuss on how to apply IFRS 9 Financial Instruments to financial assets with...
Goods and Services Tax Act (Amendment of First Schedule) Order 2018 (S 415/2018)
On 22 June 2018, the Goods and Services Tax Act (Amendment of First Schedule) Order 2018 (S 415/2018) was published in the Government Gazette (electronic edition) and came into operation on 25 June 2018. Paragraphs 1(1), 1(2), 1(3), 4(1), 7 and 8(1)(a)(ii)(B) of the...
Service through electronic service – Amendments to Section 8 and Section 76 of the Singapore Income Tax Act
Section 72 of the Singapore Income Tax states that assessments to income tax are made by the Comptroller of Income Tax. An assessment is normally made on the basis of the information provided by a taxpayer or its agent in the relevant return of income. If the...
Lease Accounting – FRS 17 Versus FRS 116
Lessee Accounting Treatment under FRS 17 The FRS 17 Leases must be complied with in accounting for leases. This standard includes the accounting requirement for operating and finance leases and other related agreements such as property leases and sale and leaseback...
Notification – Notice of Assessment in digital format
In the past, a hardcopy notice of assessment must be given by the Comptroller of Income tax to the person who is liable to pay the tax. That person is to pay the amount assessed, unless he/she formally objects to the assessment. On 1 January 2011, in view of the wider...
Transfer pricing administration and reporting
On 3 November 2016, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has introduced the requirement for certain corporate taxpayers to file a Form for Reporting Related Party Transactions (RPT). The RPT data will help the IRAS in: assessing companies’ transfer pricing...