Singapore legislation

Clause 51

New section 45F

The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 45E, the following section:“Application of section 45 to income from profession or vocation carried on by non-resident individual, etc.45F.—

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), section 45 shall apply in relation to the payment of any income accruing in or derived from Singapore on or after 3rd May 2002 from —

(a)

any profession or vocation (other than that derived by any public entertainer as defined in section 40A) by any person to any individual referred to in section 43(3A)(a) not known to him to be resident in Singapore; or

(b)

any profession or vocation by any person to any foreign firm referred to in section 43(3A)(b),as section 45 applies to any interest paid by a person to another person not known to him to be resident in Singapore and, for the purpose of such application, any reference in that section to interest shall be construed as a reference to such payment.(2) For the purpose of this section, the deduction of tax under section 45 shall be at the rate of 15%.”.

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