Singapore legislation

Clause 15

of Income Tax (Amendment) Bill

Clause 15

Amendment of section 18

Section 18 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsections (7) and (8) and substituting the following subsections:“(7) Where part of a building or structure is, and part thereof is not, an industrial building or structure, and —

(a)

in a case where capital expenditure is incurred on the construction of the building or structure before 1st January 2006, the capital expenditure incurred on the construction of the second-mentioned part is not more than one-tenth of the total capital expenditure which has been incurred on the construction of the whole building or structure; or

(b)

in a case where —

(i)

capital expenditure is incurred on the construction of the building or structure on or after 1st January 2006; or

(ii)

a sale and purchase agreement was entered into for the building or structure on or after that date,the capital expenditure incurred on the construction or purchase (as the case may be) of the second-mentioned part is not more than one-tenth of the total capital expenditure which has been incurred on the construction or purchase of the whole building or structure,then the whole building or structure and every part thereof shall be treated as an industrial building or structure.(7A) Where the Comptroller is satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable to determine the capital expenditure incurred on the second-mentioned part of the building or structure under subsection (7), the whole building or structure and every part thereof may be treated as an industrial building or structure if —

(a)

the floor area of the part of the building or structure that is not an industrial building or structure is not more than one-tenth of the total floor area of the whole building or structure; or

(b)

the Comptroller is otherwise satisfied that it is just and proper to do so.(8) In this section and sections 16 and 17 —“capital expenditure”, in relation to the purchase of a building or structure, means the net price paid for the building or structure, but does not include the cost of land as determined to the satisfaction of the Comptroller;“relevant interest” means —

(a)

in relation to any capital expenditure incurred on the construction of a building or structure, the interest in that building or structure to which the person who incurred the expenditure was entitled when he incurred it; and

(b)

in relation to a sale and purchase agreement for a building or structure, the interest in that building or structure to which the purchaser was entitled when he entered into the agreement;“residue of expenditure” means —

(a)

in relation to any capital expenditure incurred on the construction of a building or structure before 1st January 2006, the amount of the capital expenditure incurred on such construction reduced by —

(i)

the amount of any initial allowance made;

(ii)

any annual allowance made; and

(iii)

any balancing allowances granted,and increased by any balancing charges made; or

(b)

in relation to any capital expenditure incurred on the construction or purchase of a building or structure on or after 1st January 2006, the amount of the capital expenditure incurred on such construction or purchase (as the case may be) reduced by —

(i)

the amount of any initial allowance made; and

(ii)

any annual allowance made.”.