Singapore legislation
Clause 6
of Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) (Amendment) Bill
Clause 6
Repeal and re-enactment of section 9
Section 9 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Power to give directions
9. For the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Cap. 134) and this Act, the Comptroller may direct that —
any sums payable to a pioneer enterprise for a pioneer product in any accounting period which, but for the provisions of this Act, might reasonably and properly have been expected to be payable, in the normal course of business, after the end of that period, are to be treated as not having been payable in that period but as having been payable on such date, after that period, as the Comptroller thinks fit;
where the date referred to in paragraph (a) is after the end of the tax relief period for that pioneer product, those sums are to be treated as having been so payable on that date, in relation to the new trade or business of the pioneer enterprise in respect of that product; and
any expense incurred by a pioneer enterprise in respect of a pioneer product within one year after the end of the tax relief period for that pioneer product which, but for the provisions of this Act, might reasonably and properly have been expected to be incurred, in the normal course of business, during the tax relief period for that pioneer product, are to be treated —
as not having been incurred within that year; but (ii)as having been incurred for the purposes of its old trade or business in respect of that pioneer product and on such date, during the tax relief period for that pioneer product, as the Comptroller thinks fit.”.