Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of Income Tax (Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd., etc. — Section 13(4) Exemption) Notification 2025

Regulation 3

Exemption

Subregulation 1

Subject to sub‑paragraphs (2), (4) and (5), any interest, commission, fee or other payment that is payable by a relevant person to any non‑resident person (A) in connection with any specified loan or indebtedness entered into or incurred by any relevant person between 1 January 2018 and 30 September 2021 (both dates inclusive), is exempt from tax.

Subregulation 2

The exemption in sub‑paragraph (1) only applies —

(a)

where the total amount of all the specified loans or indebtedness mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) exceeds US$10 billion — to any interest, commission, fee or other payment mentioned in that sub‑paragraph, that is payable on the first US$10 billion that is disbursed;

(b)

if each specified loan or indebtedness is $5 million or more;

(c)

if each specified loan or indebtedness is entered into between the lender and the borrower on an arm’s length basis;

(d)

subject to sub‑paragraph (3), where A is a related party of the borrower, if at the time the interest, commission, fee or other payment is payable to A, the highest rate of tax of a similar character to income tax (by whatever name called) that is levied —

(i)

under the law of the territory that A is a tax resident in; and

(ii)

on any gains or profits from any trade or business carried on by A in that territory at that time,is more than 0%; and

(e)

if the interest rate for each specified loan or indebtedness is comparable to the market rate for other similar loans or indebtedness, if any.

Subregulation 3

Sub‑paragraph (2)(d) does not apply to any specified loan or indebtedness that is a bond unless that bond is only issued to one or more related parties of the borrower.

Subregulation 4

The exemption in sub‑paragraph (1) does not apply to —

(a)

any interest, commission, fee or other payment derived from any operation carried on by A through A’s permanent establishment in Singapore; or

(b)

any interest, commission, fee or other payment that is due and payable after the earliest of the following:

(i)

the date of maturity of the specified loan or indebtedness;

(ii)

30 September 2026;

(iii)

the last date on which Trafigura Pte Ltd is an approved global trading company under section 43I of the Act.

Subregulation 5

The exemption in sub‑paragraph (1) is subject to the conditions specified in the letter from the Ministry of Finance dated 3 December 2019 and addressed to Trafigura Pte Ltd.