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Update - Protocol to the Tax Treaty between Singapore and the U.A.E. Signed

|Treaty Development|Singapore-Untd A Emirates
Singapore-Untd A Emirates

On 31 October 2014, officials from Singapore and the United Arab Emirates signed a protocol to the 1995 income tax treaty between the two countries. The protocol is the first to amend the treaty.

The main amendments of the protocol are as follows:

Withholding Tax Rates

  • Dividends - reduced to 0% (originally 5%)
  • Interest - reduced to 0% (originally 7%)
  • Royalties - payments for the use of, or…

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