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The GST rate was increased from 3% to 4% on 1 January 2003, and to 5% on 1 January 2004. Each increase was accompanied by an offset package that was designed to make the average Singaporean household overall better off, even after accounting for the additional costs imposed by the increase in GST rates.
Free economic zones (FEZ), free economic territories (FETs) or free zones (FZ) are a class of special economic zone (SEZ) designated by the trade and commerce administrations of various countries. The term is used to designate areas in which companies are taxed very lightly or not at all to encourage economic activity .
GST in New Zealand is designed to be a broad-based system with few exemptions, such as for rents collected on residential rental properties, donations, precious metals and financial services. [75] It normally makes up around 30% of tax revenue in New Zealand.
In FY2016/17, IRAS uncovered 10,626 non-compliant cases and recovered about $332 million in taxes and penalties through rigorous audits and investigation. IRAS collected S$50.2 billion in tax revenue in FY2017/2018, which was an increase of 6.8 per cent from FY2016/2017. [8]
The Singapore Customs is a law enforcement government agency under the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Singapore.Singapore Customs was reconstituted on 1 April 2003, after the Customs and Excise Department and the Trade Facilitation Division and Statistics Audit Unit of International Enterprise Singapore (IE Singapore) were merged. [1]
Find out why the demand for free food – that come in the form of rejected produce or excessive supply from grocers or businesses – is spiking. Singapore groups report increase in demand for ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Economy of Singapore Skyline of Singapore's Downtown Core Currency Singapore dollar (SGD/S$) Fiscal year 1 April – 31 March Trade organisations WTO, APEC, CPTPP, IOR-ARC, RCEP, ASEAN and others Country group Developed/Advanced High-income economy Statistics Population 6,040,000 (2024 ...
10 August 1970 Lee K. III: Hon Sui Sen MP for Havelock (1916–1983) 11 August 1970 14 October 1983 Lee K. IV: Lee K. V: Lee K. VI: Tony Tan MP for Sembawang (born 1940) 24 October 1983 1 January 1985 Richard Hu MP for Kreta Ayer SMC (until 1996) MP for Kreta Ayer–Tanglin GRC (from 1997) (1926–2023) 2 January 1985 9 November 2001 Lee K. VII ...