Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Investment Allowances
44. Investment allowance
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The investment allowance granted under section 43 must be a specified percentage, not exceeding 100% of the amount (which may be subject to a specified maximum) of the fixed capital expenditure incurred on each item specified by the Minister under subsection (2) on an approved project if the fixed capital expenditure is incurred —
fixed capital expenditure
“fixed capital expenditure” means capital expenditure to be incurred on an approved project by a company on the following items that are used for carrying out the project —(a)factory building (excluding land) in Singapore and, in relation to any project under section 43(1)(b), (c), (d), (f), (g) or (k), includes a building or structure specially designed for carrying out the project;(b)the acquisition of any know-how or patent rights; and(c)any new productive equipment (and, subject to the approval of the Minister, any secondhand productive equipment) to be used in Singapore and, in relation to any project under section 43(1)(h), (i) or (k), includes any productive equipment to be used outside Singapore as approved under section 43(3);
within such period as the Minister may determine (called in this Part the qualifying period), being a period commencing from the investment day and —
not exceeding 5 years; or
not exceeding 8 years where the specified item is acquired under a hire‑purchase agreement made on or after 15 February 2007; and
in the case of a project under section 43(1)(g), within such period (hereinafter called the qualifying period), not exceeding 10 years, commencing from the investment day as the Minister may determine.
The Minister —
must specify the items of the fixed capital expenditure for the purposes of subsection (1); and
may specify the maximum amount of the investment allowance granted for the approved project.
Where any question arises as to whether a particular item qualifies as one of the items under subsection (2)(a), it is to be determined by the Minister whose decision is final.
In subsection (1), “specified” means specified by the Minister.[68