Singapore intends to implement BEPS GloBE rules from 2025
On 14 February 2023, Singapore announced in its Budget 2023 intending to implement Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) rules under BEPS Pillar 2 and Domestic Top-up Tax (DTT) for large Multinational Enterprise (MNE) groups from businesses' financial
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Singapore: Ministry of Finance Gazettes Order Declaring MCAA-CbC
On 27 January 2023, the Singaporean Official Gazette issued an Order No. S 26, which declares that the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) on the Exchange of Country-by-Country Reports (CbC) is an international tax compliance agreement
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Singapore: IRAS releases guidance on tax treatment of gains or losses from the sale of foreign assets
On 8 December 2023, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) released an updated e-tax guide on the tax treatment of gains or losses from the sale of foreign assets under the recently introduced Section 10(L) of the Income Tax Act (ITA).
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Singapore: IRAS updates TP Guidelines on indicative margin for related-party loans
On 3 January 2023, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) published updated transfer pricing (TP) guidelines on indicative margin for related-party loans. IRAS publishes the indicative margin at the beginning of each calendar year. The
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Singapore: IRAS publishes updated e-tax guide on tax exemption
On 1 December 2022, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) published an updated e-Tax Guide on tax exemption for Real estate investment trusts and qualifying offshore infrastructure project or asset. The e-Tax Guide describes the scenarios
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Singapore introduces income tax reform Act 2022
On 4 November 2022, Singapore's official Gazette published the income tax (Amendment) Act 2022. The Act includes the following measures: Extension of withholding tax exemption to 31 March 2023 from 31 March 2022 for foreign mediators and
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Singapore: IRAS updates e-tax guide on country-by-country reporting
On 31 October 2022, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) published the fourth edition of its e-Tax Guide concerning country-by-country (CbC) reporting. The updated guide includes the following main amendments: Amended to incorporate
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Singapore amends regulations on CbC reporting agreements
On 11 August 2022, the Ministry of Finance published an amended Regulation No. S 669 on Country-by-Country (CbC) Reporting Agreements in the Official Gazette. The Regulation includes the following changes: Certain companies are required to file
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Singapore: IRAS Publishes Updated E-Tax Guide on GST TP Adjustments
On 3 August 2022, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) updated the GST-E Tax Guide on Transfer Pricing Adjustments (Third Edition). The e-Tax guide explains the GST treatment for adjustments on the transfer prices of transactions between
See MoreSingapore publishes guidance on filing CIT return for 2022
On 4 May 2022, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore published guidance on the 2022 corporate tax filing season. The guidelines include submission procedures, applicable thresholds, and guidelines for CIT forms. It also describes procedures for
See MoreSingapore updates List of Jurisdictions participating under MCAA-CbC
On 29 March 2022, the Inland Revenue Authority updated the list of jurisdictions participating under the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) on the Exchange of Country-by-Country (CbC) Reports. Under the list: Azerbaijan, effective
See MoreSingapore: Corporate tax proposals under budget 2022
Recently, the Minister of Finance presented the 2022 budget to Parliament. The main corporate tax proposals are summarized below: The Ministry of Finance is introduced a minimum effective tax rate of 15% for multinational enterprise groups (MNE)
See MoreSingapore to Consult on a Top-up Corporate Tax
In the Singapore budget for 2022, delivered on 18 February 2022, the Finance Minister announced that Singapore will consider introducing a “top-up” tax as part of the adjustments to its corporate tax in response to the OECD/G20 two-pillar
See MoreSingapore publishes TP Guidelines on indicative margin for related-party loans
On 4 January 2022, the Singaporean Inland Revenue Authority updated transfer pricing guidelines to set the 2022 indicative margin at 1.8% for related-party loans. The indicative margins are applied on each related party loan not exceeding
See MoreSingapore updates Order on CbC Exchange of Multilateral Agreement
On 21 December 2021, Singapore published the Income Tax (International Tax Compliance Agreements) (Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on The Exchange of Country-by-Country Reports) Order 2018. The change includes the addition of a
See MoreSingapore enacts Income Tax (Amendment) Act 2021
On 16 November 2021, the Income Tax (Amendment) Act 2021 came into force. The Act gives effect to 2021 Budget and non-Budget tax measures, including an extension of the enhanced loss carry-back relief scheme, enhanced deduction for donations and
See MoreSingapore: IRAS updates e-Tax Guide on DTA to address arbitration procedure
On 23 October 2021, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) issued an updated edition of its e-tax guide on “avoidance of double taxation agreements” to add guidance on arbitration provisions in Singapore’s double tax
See MoreSingapore: IRAS simplifies CIT filing 2021
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) partnered with the tax community and government agencies to simplify Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Filing 2021 for companies. With the new initiatives, companies and tax agents can further reduce the
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