Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of section 38

Section 38 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “it shall be for the person supplied, on the supplier’s behalf, to account for and pay tax on the prescribed supply, and not for the supplier” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “then, it is for the person supplied to account for and pay tax on the prescribed supply as if the person supplied were the supplier; and the supplier must not require payment from the person supplied, of the tax on the prescribed supply or an amount as being attributable to the tax”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(2A) Nothing in subsection (2) prevents section 78(2) from applying to the person making the prescribed supply of goods or services if, despite that subsection, the person issues an invoice for the prescribed supply of goods or services showing it as taking place with tax chargeable on it.”; and

(c)

by deleting the comma at the end of paragraph (c) of subsection (5) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(d)goods consisting in furniture, furnishings, fittings, appliances or effects that are supplied together with any goods or services mentioned in paragraph (c),”.