Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of Goods and Services Tax (Excluded Transactions) Order

Regulation 3

Supplies not to be excluded

Subregulation 1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2) —

(a)

where a business, or part of a business, carried on by a taxable person is transferred as a going concern to another taxable person treated as a member of a group under section 30 of the Act; and

(b)

where, on the transfer of the business or part thereof, assets of the business are transferred to that taxable person,then paragraph 2 shall not apply to the transfer of such assets and accordingly, tax shall be chargeable on the supply in accordance with the Act.

Subregulation 2

This paragraph shall not apply if —

(a)

the members of the group are entitled to credit for the whole of the input tax on supplies to them and acquisitions and importations by them —

(i)

during the prescribed accounting period in which the assets are transferred; and

(ii)

during any longer period to which regulations under section 20(4)(b) of the Act relate and in which the assets are transferred;

(b)

the Comptroller is satisfied that the assets were assets of the taxable person transferring them more than 3 years before the day on which they are transferred; or

(c)

the Comptroller is satisfied that the person by whom the asset is transferred has not received any credit for input tax arising on the supply to him or acquisition or importation by him of the asset.