Singapore legislation

Clause 11

of Income Tax (Amendment No. 2) Bill

Clause 11

Amendment of section 42

Section 42 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:“(5) Notwithstanding Part B of the Second Schedule, in respect of the chargeable income of a person other than an individual, the rate of tax applicable to that person on every dollar of his chargeable income shall be 32% where the effective rate of tax arrived at by dividing the income tax chargeable on his chargeable income by the amount of that income exceeds 32%:Provided that for the years of assessment 1988 and 1989, the reference to 32% in this subsection shall be read as a reference to 33%.”.