Clause 1
Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act 1999 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
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Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill is Singapore Bill, cited as Bill 23 1999, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1999.
Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act 1999 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Amendment of section 12
Section 12(8) of the Goods and Services Tax Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended by deleting the words “section 38 applies” in paragraph (d) and substituting the words “sections 37A and 38 apply”.
Amendment of section 20
Section 20(2) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the word “provides” in paragraph (d) and substituting the words “or regulations made under section 37A provide”.
New section 37A
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 37, the following section:“Treatment or processing of goods for and to a person belonging in a country other than Singapore37A.—
The Minister may by regulations make provisions for a supply, made by a taxable person approved by the Comptroller, which comprises the treatment or processing of goods for and to a person who belongs in a country other than Singapore to be disregarded for the purposes of this Act subject to such conditions or restrictions as may be prescribed or as the Comptroller may impose for the protection of the revenue.(2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may require that another taxable person, who receives such treated or processed goods from the taxable person referred to in subsection (1), shall account for and pay the tax as if the recipient had himself supplied the goods in Singapore in the course or furtherance of his business, and as if that supply were a taxable supply.”.