Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
of Income Tax (Concessionary Rate of Tax for Global Trading Companies) Regulations 2016
Regulation 3
Approval of global trading company
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of section section 43I(1)(a) of the Act, the Minister or authorised body may —
approve a global trading company as an approved global trading company for any income of the company specified in regulation 4 to be chargeable with tax at the rate of 5%, 10% or 15%; and
specify the commodities, the prescribed qualifying structured commodity financing activities, the prescribed treasury activities and the prescribed advisory services in relation to mergers and acquisitions, for the approved global trading company in relation to the approval.
Subregulation 2
The approval mentioned in paragraph (1) is for a period not exceeding 5 years starting on the date of the approval or any other date specified in the approval.
Subregulation 3
The Minister or authorised body may, in any particular case, extend the period mentioned in paragraph (2) by notice in writing for one or more further periods, and each extension must be a period not exceeding 5 years.