Singapore legislation

Clause 20

of Income Tax (Amendment) Bill

Clause 20

Amendment of section 37D

In section 37D of the principal Act —

(a)

after subsection (4), insert —“(4AA) Subject to the provisions of this section, section 37A (as it applies in a case mentioned in section 37A(1)(d)) applies, with the necessary modifications, to the deduction of any qualifying deduction by a body of persons for the year of assessment 2023 or a subsequent year of assessment, against its assessable income for the immediate preceding year of assessment, as if —

(a)

the qualifying deduction for the year of assessment were a qualifying deduction for an earlier year of assessment;

(b)

the income for the immediate preceding year of assessment were income for the year of assessment concerned; and

(c)

in section 37A(5) —

(i)

a reference to UALD were a reference to the qualifying deduction;

(ii)

a reference to corresponding allowances, losses or donations were a reference to allowances or losses; and

(iii)

a reference to chargeable income of the body of persons were a reference to assessable income for the immediate preceding year of assessment of the body of persons.”;

(b)

in subsection (4A), after “subsection (4)”, insert “or (4AA)”;

(c)

in subsection (4A)(b), after “by a company”, insert “or body of persons”;

(d)

in subsection (5), after “a company”, insert “or body of persons”;

(e)

in subsection (17), in the definition of “concessionary rate of tax”, before “means”, insert “, in relation to a company,”; and

(f)

in subsection (17), before the definition of “concessionary rate of tax” as amended by paragraph (e), insert —“ “concessionary rate of tax”, in relation to a body of persons, means any rate of tax lower than the rate specified in section 43(1)(a) in accordance with regulations made under section 43H;”.

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