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Singapore Withdraws Administrative Concession for Routine Support Service Payments

13 March 2018

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Approved Changes

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Singapore

According to an update from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, the administrative concession for Section 12(7)(b) and (c) services will be withdrawn with effect from 1 April 2018 due to low adoption. The concession allows local payers to apply a lower withholding tax rate on routine related party services performed in Singapore with a standard markup of at least 5%. The lower withholding rate is a final tax equal to the markup amount, times the standard 17% rate, divided by the gross payment amount. From 1 April 2018, the standard 17% rate, which is a non-final tax, must be...