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Clause 15

of Income Tax (Amendment) Bill

Clause 15

Amendment of section 13Z

Section 13Z of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “31 May 2022” in subsection (1)(a) and substituting the words “31 December 2027”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (b) of subsection (8) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(b)the disposal of shares before 1 June 2022 in a company that —

(i)

is in the business of trading Singapore immovable properties; or

(ii)

principally carries on the activity of holding Singapore immovable properties,other than property development, where the shares are not listed on a stock exchange in Singapore or elsewhere;

(ba)the disposal of shares on or after 1 June 2022 not listed on a stock exchange in Singapore or elsewhere, being shares in a company that the Comptroller is satisfied —

(i)

is in the business of trading immovable properties situated whether in Singapore or elsewhere;

(ii)

principally carries on the activity of holding immovable properties situated whether in Singapore or elsewhere; or

(iii)

has undertaken property development in Singapore or elsewhere, except where —

(A)

the immovable property developed is used by the company to carry on its trade or business (including the business of letting immovable properties), not being a business mentioned in sub-paragraph (i); and

(B)

the company did not undertake any property development in Singapore or elsewhere for a period of at least 60 consecutive months before the disposal of shares; or”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately before the definitions of “borrowing period” and “securities lending or repurchase arrangement” in subsection (9), the following definition:“ “activity of holding immovable properties” excludes the holding of immovable properties where such properties are used to carry on a trade or business, including the business of letting immovable properties;”; and

(d)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definitions of “FRS 109” and “SFRS(I) 9” in subsection (9) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:“ “property development” means construction or causing the construction of any building or part of a building, and acquisition of land or building for such construction, and for this purpose “construction” means —

(a)

any building operations, or demolition and rebuilding operations, in, on, over or under any land for the purpose of erecting a building or part of a building; and

(b)

any alteration or addition to, or partial demolition and rebuilding of, any building or part of a building,that requires the approval of the Commissioner of Building Control under the Building Control Act (Cap. 29) or (if carried out in a country outside of Singapore) would have required such approval if it had been carried out in Singapore.”.

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