Singapore legislation

Regulation 41

of Multinational Enterprise (Minimum Tax) Regulations 2024

Regulation 41

Non-marketable transferable tax credits

Subregulation 1

The adjusted covered taxes for a financial year of a constituent entity of an MNE group that is an originator of a non‑marketable transferable tax credit that transfers the same in the financial year, must be adjusted by treating the consideration for the transfer as a negative amount of tax expense and treating the non‑marketable transferable tax credit as having been used by that constituent entity.

Subregulation 2

The adjusted covered taxes for a financial year of a constituent entity of an MNE group that is a purchaser of a non‑marketable transferable tax credit must be adjusted as follows:

(a)

any amount of the tax credit used to satisfy its liability for covered taxes for the financial year is multiplied by —where —

(i)

A is the full value of the tax credit; and

(ii)

B is the price paid by the constituent entity for the tax credit,and treated as a negative amount of tax expense;

(b)

if the tax credit is transferred by the constituent entity in the financial year, any positive amount computed by the following formula is treated as a negative amount of tax expense:where —

(i)

C is the consideration received by the entity for the transfer;

(ii)

D is the amount of the tax credit that has been used by the entity for that financial year and all previous financial years;

(iii)

E is the consideration paid by the entity to acquire the tax credit; and

(iv)

F is the total negative amount of tax expense recognised by the entity under sub‑paragraph (a) in respect of the tax credit for that financial year and all previous financial years;

(c)

any other amount of the tax credit that is excluded from the adjusted covered taxes is treated as a positive amount of tax expense.