Singapore legislation

Clause 14

of Income Tax (Amendment) Bill

Clause 14

Amendment of section 14K

Section 14K of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “As soon as” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “Subject to subsection (4A), as soon as”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:“(4A) Where the company is a transferor company within the meaning of section 37C(19) and where any amount of further deduction allowed under this section is transferred to a claimant company as part of the loss specified under section 37C(14)(b) —

(a)

the sum transferred shall not be credited to the further deduction account to be kept by the transferor company;

(b)

for the purposes of this section, upon the transfer of the sum under paragraph (a), the sum transferred shall be credited to the further deduction account to be kept by the claimant company; and

(c)

in relation to the sum transferred under paragraph (a), subsection (5) shall apply to the claimant company.”.