Singapore legislation
Clause 23
Clause 23
Amendment of section 34AA
(1)
In the ITA, in section 34AA —
(a)
in subsection (3), replace paragraph (h) with —“(h)despite paragraph (g), section 14G applies in relation to a provision made by a qualifying person that is a bank or qualifying finance company for an expected credit loss arising from its loans or investments in securities, or both, where the loans or securities are not credit impaired;”; and
(b)
in subsection (15), after the definition of “debt securities”, insert —“ “expected credit loss” has the meaning given by FRS 109 or SFRS(I) 9;”.
(2)
The amendments to section 34AA(3) and (15) of the ITA apply for the year of assessment 2027 and any subsequent year of assessment.