Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Income Tax (Amendment) Bill

Clause 8

Amendment of section 42

Section 42 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting “40%” wherever it appears in subsection (2) and substituting in each case “33%”; and

(b)

by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:“(3) The tax payable by any individual or Hindu joint family resident in Singapore shall be reduced —

(a)

for the year of assessment 1986 by 10% of the tax payable on the first $10,000 of the chargeable income; and

(b)

for the year of assessment 1987 and subsequent years of assessment by 15% of the tax payable on the first $10,000 of the chargeable income.”.