Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Income Tax (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Income Tax Act (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”) is hereby amended by deleting the definition of “resident in Singapore” and substituting therefor the following: —“ “resident in Singapore” —

(a)

in relation to an individual, means a person who, in the year preceding the year of assessment, resides in Singapore except for such temporary absences therefrom as may be reasonable and not inconsistent with a claim by such person to be resident in Singapore, and includes a person who is physically present or who exercises an employment (other than as a director of a company) in Singapore for 183 days or more during the year preceding the year of assessment; and

(b)

in relation to a company or body of persons, means a company or body of persons the control and management of whose business is exercised in Singapore;”.