Singapore legislation

Section 33A

of Goods and Services Tax Act 1993

Section 33A

Repayment of tax to persons in business overseas

Amended by52/2018

(1)

The Minister may by regulations provide for the repayment, to persons carrying on business in countries other than Singapore, not being any registered (Seventh Schedule — full) person, of tax on the importation of goods by them which would be their input tax if they had been taxable persons in Singapore.

Amended by52/2018

(2)

Repayment must be made in such cases only, and subject to such conditions as the regulations may prescribe or as the Comptroller may impose (either generally or in particular cases).

(3)

Regulations made under this section may provide —

(a)

for claims and repayments to be made only through agents in Singapore;

(b)

either generally or for specified purposes —

(i)

for the agents to be treated under this Act as if they were taxable persons; and

(ii)

for treating claims as if they were returns under this Act and repayments as if they were repayments of input tax; and

(c)

for generally regulating the methods by which the amount of any repayment is to be determined and the repayment is to be made.

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