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Income Tax (Exemption of Interest and Other Payments for Economic and Technological Development) Notification 2005 is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation ITA-S649-2005 1947, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1947.
Citation and commencement
This Notification may be cited as the Income Tax (Exemption of Interest and Other Payments for Economic and Technological Development) Notification 2005 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 27th February 2004.
Definitions
In this Notification —“Authority” means the Monetary Authority of Singapore established under the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 186);“financial derivatives” means derivatives the payoffs of which are linked, whether in whole or in part, to the payoffs or performance of any financial assets, securities, financial instruments or indices, but does not include derivatives the payoffs of which are linked wholly to the payoffs or performance of commodities;“financial institution” means any institution licensed or approved by the Authority, or exempted from such licensing and approval under any Act administered by the Authority, and includes an institution approved as a Finance and Treasury Centre under section 43G of the Act.
“Authority” means the Monetary Authority of Singapore established under the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 186);
“financial derivatives” means derivatives the payoffs of which are linked, whether in whole or in part, to the payoffs or performance of any financial assets, securities, financial instruments or indices, but does not include derivatives the payoffs of which are linked wholly to the payoffs or performance of commodities;
“financial institution” means any institution licensed or approved by the Authority, or exempted from such licensing and approval under any Act administered by the Authority, and includes an institution approved as a Finance and Treasury Centre under section 43G of the Act.
Exemption
There shall be exempt from tax any payment which a financial institution is liable to pay, from 27th February 2004 to 19th May 2007 (both dates inclusive), on over-the-counter financial derivatives to a person who is neither resident in Singapore nor a permanent establishment in Singapore, subject to —
such conditions as may be imposed by the Minister or such person as he may appoint;
such declaration (in relation to transactions by institutions that are exempted from licensing or approval under any Act administered by the Authority) as may be required by the Comptroller or the Authority for the purpose of this Notification; and
such declaration (in relation to transactions with related parties) as may be required by the Comptroller or the Authority for the purpose of this Notification.