Singapore legislation

Regulation 38

of Multinational Enterprise (Minimum Tax) Regulations 2024

Regulation 38

Amounts excluded from qualifying current tax expense

Subregulation 1

The qualifying current tax expense of a constituent entity of an MNE group for a financial year must be adjusted to exclude the amounts in paragraph (2) (to the extent they would otherwise be included).

Subregulation 2

Those amounts are —

(a)

any amount of current tax expense that relates to income or gains that are excluded from the computation of the GloBE income or loss of the constituent entity for the financial year;

(b)

any amount of current tax expense that relates to an uncertain tax position for the constituent entity for the financial year;

(c)

any reduction of current tax expense made in respect of a qualified refundable tax credit or in respect of a marketable transferable tax credit;

(d)

any amount of current tax expense that is not expected to be paid by the constituent entity before the end of the period of 3 years commencing on the first day after the end of the financial year;

(e)

any amount of current tax expense that relates to a gain or loss in respect of the disposal of local tangible assets (as defined in regulation 32(6)) in the financial year for which an election in regulation 32(1) is made for the constituent entity;

(f)

any amount of credit (whether refundable or not) or refund for the constituent entity for the financial year, in respect of covered taxes, that —

(i)

is not a qualified refundable tax credit or a marketable transferable tax credit; and

(ii)

has not been taken into account in the qualifying current tax expense for the constituent entity for that financial year or a previous financial year;

(g)

any amount of credit (other than one mentioned in sub‑paragraph (f)) or refund in respect of a tax credit that is not a qualified refundable tax credit or a marketable transferrable tax credit; and

(h)

any current tax expense for a previous financial year.

Subregulation 3

The exclusion of the amount in paragraph (2)(h) is subject to regulation 40(1) and (3).

Subregulation 4

Despite paragraph (1), the refundable tax credits that accrued prior to the beginning of the transition year of a constituent entity (as defined in regulation 88) must not be treated as a reduction to the qualifying current tax expense of the constituent entity for the transition year or any subsequent financial year.

Subregulation 5

In paragraph (4), “refundable tax credit” means a tax credit (or an amount of tax credit) which is payable in cash or cash equivalent to the constituent entity —

(a)

after any liability to covered taxes has been reduced or discharged by it; or

(b)

in the absence of any tax liability to covered taxes.