Singapore legislation

Clause 42

of Income Tax (Amendment) Bill

Clause 42

Amendment of section 44

Section 44 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “on or before the day of” in subsection (1)(b) and substituting the word “before”;

(b)

by deleting the words “on or before the day of” in subsection (1)(c)(iii) and substituting the word “before”;

(c)

by deleting the words “Every such company shall upon payment of a dividend, whether tax is deducted therefrom or not,” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “Every company shall upon payment of a dividend from which tax has been deducted or is deductible,”;

(d)

by deleting the words “such company” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “a company to which subsection (1) applies”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the words “31st December 2007” in subsection (5B), the words “so long as the company has not exercised an irrevocable option under subsection (6A)”;

(f)

by inserting, immediately after the words “1st January 2003,” in subsection (5C), the words “or which has exercised an option under subsection (6A) before payment of the dividend,”;

(g)

by deleting the words “from the date of” in subsection (6A) and substituting the word “upon”; and

(h)

by deleting the words “under subsection (1)” in subsection (8) and substituting the words “from which tax has been deducted or is deductible”.