Singapore legislation

Regulation 12

of Income Tax (International Tax Compliance Agreements) (United States of America) Regulations 2015

Regulation 12

Reporting obligation

Amended byS 742/2024 wef 27/09/2024

Subregulation 1

A reporting Singaporean financial institution must, in respect of each of the calendar years 2015 and 2016, prepare and provide to the Comptroller, or a person authorised by the Comptroller under section 105L of the Act, a return setting out —

(a)

the names of the non‑participating financial institutions to whom payments identified in accordance with regulation 11 have been made in the year in question; and

(b)

the total amount of those payments made to each of the non‑participating financial institutions in question.

Subregulation 2

In determining the total amount of those payments, the special rules and definitions in paragraph B(1) of Section I and paragraph C of Section VI of Annex I to the Agreement must be applied.

Subregulation 3

If for a calendar year no payments are identified as referred to in paragraph (1), the reporting Singaporean financial institution must prepare and provide a return for the calendar year stating that fact.

Subregulation 4

The reporting Singaporean financial institution must send a return under this regulation to the Comptroller, or a person authorised by the Comptroller under section 105L of the Act, on or before 31st May of the year following the calendar year to which the return relates, or such further time as the Comptroller may permit.

Subregulation 5

Amended byS 742/2024 wef 27/09/2024

The return must be furnished in the format described on the Internet website at https://www.iras.gov.sg.