Singapore legislation

Clause 18

of Income Tax (Amendment) Bill

Clause 18

Amendment of section 23

Section 23 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “section 37D” in subsection (3), the words “or 37F, or deducted against income for the immediate preceding year of assessment under section 37E”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (7) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)the shareholders of a company at any date shall not be deemed to be substantially the same as the shareholders at any other date unless, on both those dates, not less than 50% of the total number of issued shares of the company are held by or on behalf of the same persons;”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (7), the following subsection:“(8) For the purpose of subsection (7), where any part of a share of a shareholder is not fully paid up, there shall be disregarded a proportion equal towhere Ais the amount that has not been paid in respect of the share; andBis the total amount payable in respect of the share.”.

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