Singapore legislation

Regulation 6A

of Income Tax (Exemption and Concessionary Tax Rate for Income from Life Insurance Business) Regulations

Regulation 6A

Apportionment of expenses, allowances and donations in respect of income derived on or after 1 July 2021

Amended byS 491/2021 wef 01/07/2021

Subregulation 1

For the purpose of determining the income mentioned in regulation 4A(2), all of the following for which a deduction is allowable to an approved insurer under the Act, are to be apportioned in accordance with paragraph (2) between the onshore life reinsurance business in Singapore and offshore life reinsurance business in Singapore of the insurer, and the other life businesses of the insurer:

(a)

any item of expenditure not directly attributable to the onshore life reinsurance business in Singapore and offshore life reinsurance business in Singapore of the insurer;

(b)

capital allowances;

(c)

donations.

Subregulation 2

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the portion of expenditure, capital allowances and donations to be apportioned to the onshore life reinsurance business in Singapore and offshore life reinsurance business in Singapore of the approved insurer is that ascertained using the fraction where “Pil”, “Pilr”, “Pol” and “Polr” have the meanings given by regulation 4A(3).

Subregulation 3

For the purpose of determining the income mentioned in regulation 5C(2), all of the following for which a deduction is allowable to an approved captive insurer under the Act, are to be apportioned in accordance with paragraph (4) between the captive life business in Singapore (excluding specified business) of the insurer and the other life businesses of the insurer:

(a)

any item of expenditure not directly attributable to the captive life business in Singapore (excluding specified business) of the insurer;

(b)

capital allowances;

(c)

donations.

Subregulation 4

For the purposes of paragraph (3), the portion of expenditure, capital allowances and donations to be apportioned to the captive life business in Singapore (excluding specified business) of the approved captive insurer is that ascertained using the fraction where —

(a)

“Pil” and “Pol” have the meanings given by regulation 4A(3), with each reference to the approved insurer substituted with the reference to the approved captive insurer; and

(b)

“Pilc” and “Polc” have the meanings given by regulation 5C(3).

Subregulation 5

Amended byS 491/2021 wef 01/07/2021

The Comptroller may apply any alternative method of apportionment in place of any of the prescribed fractions in paragraph (2) or (4) if the Comptroller is satisfied that the alternative method is reasonable in the circumstances of the business of the insurer mentioned in that paragraph.