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On 15 February 2007 (Budget Day), then Second Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam announced that the GST rate would be increased to 7% with effect from 1 July 2007. The rate increase was accompanied by an offset package to help Singaporeans with the increase in GST. The package would cost the government $4 billion over five years. [6]
UOB economist Barnabas Gan expects Singapore GST will rise to 9% from as early as 1 July, adding revenue of S$1.8 billion for 2022.
Ministry of Finance. Website. www.iras.gov.sg. Agency ID. T08GB0020K. Revenue House, the headquarters of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, at Novena, photographed in May 2006. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Singapore in charge of tax collection.
Singapore introduced Goods and Services Tax (GST) with an initial rate of 3% on 1 April 1994, increasing government's revenue by S$1.6 billion (US$1b, €800m) and establishing government finances. [145] The GST rate increased to 4% in 2003, 5% in 2004, 7% in 2007, 8% in 2023, and 9% in 2024. [146] [147]
Singapore Finance Minister Lawrence Wong on Friday (18 February) unveiled a Budget aimed at raising revenue to support the economy as the country makes plans for a post-pandemic future.
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t. e. A value-added tax (VAT or goods and services tax (GST), general consumption tax (GCT)) is a consumption tax that is levied on the value added at each stage of a product's production and distribution. VAT is similar to, and is often compared with, a sales tax. VAT is an indirect tax, because the consumer who ultimately bears the burden of ...
e. In Singapore, a town council (TC) is an entity formed by at least one elected Member of Parliament (MP) and appointed residents who are responsible for the day-to-day operations in managing the common property of the Housing and Development Board (HDB) residential flats and commercial property within the town. [1]