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 —
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;
if each specified loan or indebtedness is $5 million or more;
if each specified loan or indebtedness is entered into between the lender and the borrower on an arm’s length basis;
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 —
under the law of the territory that A is a tax resident in; and
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
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 —
any interest, commission, fee or other payment derived from any operation carried on by A through A’s permanent establishment in Singapore; or
any interest, commission, fee or other payment that is due and payable after the earliest of the following:
the date of maturity of the specified loan or indebtedness;
30 September 2026;
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.