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Any income arising from sources outside Singapore and received in Singapore on or after 1 January 2004 by an individual (other than partners of a partnership) is exempt from tax. This system has the potential to allow for tax avoidance practiced by individuals who derive income from abroad, gain tax exemptions via their non-resident status ...
The Singapore Income Tax Department was created in 1947 to administer the Income Tax Ordinance enacted during that year. [1] Actual assessing of tax only began in November 1948. In the first Year of Assessment, about 40,000 individual tax returns and 1,000 corporate returns were received. The total tax collected for the period 1 January 1948 to ...
Income Insurance Limited, commonly known as Income and previously also known as NTUC Income, is a composite insurer based in Singapore, offering life, health and general insurance. Initially founded as a cooperative in 1970 under the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), it was restructured as a public non-listed company limited by shares in ...
1 January – Voco Singapore Orchard Hotel is officially opened. [citation needed] New rules capping cycling groups at 5 cyclists in single file or 10 cyclists in 2-abreast when on the roads take effect. [1] 6 January – NTUC Income plans to convert from a cooperative to a company called Income Insurance Ltd to better compete in the insurance ...
For the year 2023, the company’s Value of New Business reached US$991 million, up 22% compared to 2022, and its operating profit after tax was US$372 million, up 27% from 2022. [ 36 ] In March 2024, FWD completed an additional investment for a 21% stake in FWD Takaful Berhad, making it the majority shareholder with a 70% holding. [ 37 ]
Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Singapore is a value added tax (VAT) of 9% levied on import of goods, as well as most supplies of goods and services. Exemptions are given for the sales and leases of residential properties, importation and local supply of investment precious metals and most financial services. [ 1 ]
Insurance companies of Singapore (5 P) This page was last edited on 12 January 2020, at 04:52 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (Sanskrit: सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; siṃha means 'lion', pura means 'city' or 'fortress'). [9]