Singapore legislation
Clause 6
Clause 6
Amendment of section 17
Section 17 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting the words “supplied by the person or branch mentioned in section 14(1)(a) or member of the group mentioned in section 30(1A), without any deduction of any amount required to be withheld as tax under the Income Tax Act (Cap. 134) (if applicable)” in subsection (3A) and substituting the words “in fact supplied that gave rise to the reverse charge supply”;
by inserting, immediately after subsection (3A), the following subsection:“(3AA) Where a reverse charge supply arises from services supplied by a person or branch mentioned in section 14(1)(a) or member of the group mentioned in section 30(1A), then, for the purpose of determining the value of the reverse charge supply, any amount required to be withheld as tax under the Income Tax Act must not, if included in the consideration for the supply in fact made, be deducted.”; and
by deleting the words “the recipient may deduct from the value of the reverse charge supply an amount equal to any cost that relates to any of the following that is included as part of the consideration for the services in fact supplied” in subsection (3B) and substituting the words “then, for the purpose of determining the value of the reverse charge supply, any of the following that is included as part of the consideration for the services in fact supplied may be deducted”.