Singapore legislation
Regulation 48
Regulation 48
Deemed distribution tax election
Subregulation 1
Where a jurisdiction has an eligible distribution tax system, the filing entity of an MNE group may make an election in a GloBE information return (whether filed in Singapore or in another jurisdiction) in accordance with the GloBE rules that the treatment in this regulation applies to the constituent entities of the MNE group located in that jurisdiction for a financial year.
Subregulation 2
Where an election is effective for a financial year —
the constituent entities located in the jurisdiction for which the election is made have a deemed distribution tax amount for that financial year, being the lower of —
an amount that, when added to A in section 17(1) for those constituent entities, would result in the effective tax rate (as determined under section 17, including that section as applied by section 22, 23 or 25, or section 24, as the case may be) for those constituent entities for that financial year being 15%; and
the amount of tax that would have been due in that jurisdiction if those constituent entities had distributed all of their profits for that financial year;
the combined adjusted covered taxes of those constituent entities for that financial year are increased by the deemed distribution tax amount; and
a recapture amount equal to that deemed distribution tax amount is recognised for those constituent entities in the next financial year.
Subregulation 3
The recapture amount of the constituent entities for a financial year is reduced (but not below nil) by —
first, the amount of any tax paid in that financial year on any actual or deemed distribution of profits by those constituent entities;
then, if those constituent entities have a total negative amount of GloBE income or loss for that financial year, the amount of that total loss (expressed as a positive number) multiplied by 15%; and
then, if any amount computed in sub‑paragraph (b) for those constituent entities for a previous financial year was not fully deducted against the recapture amount of those constituent entities for any previous financial year, the remainder of that amount,on the basis that a recapture amount first recognised in an earlier financial year is reduced before a recapture amount first recognised in a later financial year;
Subregulation 4
If any recapture amount of the constituent entities of an MNE group located in a jurisdiction remains at the end of the fourth financial year after the financial year when the recapture amount was first recognised, then, for the financial year when the recapture amount was first recognised —
that recapture amount is deducted from the combined adjusted covered taxes of those constituent entities;
then, the effective tax rate (as determined under section 17, including that section as applied by section 22, 23 or 25, or section 24, as the case may be) for those constituent entities is recalculated; and
then, the top-up amounts that those constituent entities would have are recalculated,and section 21(4) (or that section as applied by section 22, 23, 24 or 25, as the case may be) applies accordingly.
Subregulation 5
Any amount of tax of a constituent entity that is used in a financial year to reduce a recapture amount in paragraph (3)(a) must be excluded from the adjusted covered taxes of that constituent entity for that financial year.
Subregulation 6
Where, in a financial year, a constituent entity —
leaves the MNE group;
transfers all, or substantially all, of its assets to an entity which is not a constituent entity of the MNE group or to an individual;
transfers all, or substantially all, of its assets to a constituent entity located in another jurisdiction; and
the constituent entities located in that jurisdiction had, in previous financial years, one or more recapture amounts (each called a recapture year),then, for each recapture year —
the recapture amount for that year (after any reduction in paragraph (3)(a)) must be deducted from the combined adjusted covered taxes of those constituent entities for that year;
then, the effective tax rate (as determined under section 17, including that section as applied by section 22, 23 or 25, or section 24, as the case may be) for those constituent entities must be recalculated; and
then, the top-up amounts that those constituent entities would have must be recalculated, and then adjusted by the relevant ratio for each constituent entity,and section 21(4) (or that section as applied by section 22, 23, 24 or 25, as the case may be) applies accordingly.
Subregulation 7
In paragraph (6), the relevant ratio for a financial year is the ratio of the GloBE income or loss for the financial year of the constituent entity leaving the MNE group over the sum of the GloBE income or loss for the financial year of the constituent entities of the MNE group, and —
where the resulting ratio is less than nil, the relevant ratio is nil; and
where the resulting ratio is more than 1, the relevant ratio is 1.
Subregulation 8
In this regulation, “eligible distribution tax system” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(7) of the First Schedule to the Act.
Subregulation 9
This regulation does not apply for the purpose of Part 3 of the Act.