Please check your tax bill (Notice of Assessment) when you receive it. If you disagree with your tax amount, please inform us within 30 days from the date of your tax bill and state your reasons for objection.
We will inform you of the outcome after reviewing your assessment.
How to inform IRAS
You have to send us the following details (where applicable) by email, fax or post:
1. Income
(a) Nature of your business
(b) Name of business, if applicable
(c) Business registration number, if applicable
(d) Accounting period from dd/mm/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy, and
(e) A 4-line statement in the following format:
(i) Revenue
(ii) Gross Profit/Loss
(iii) Allowable Business Expense
(iv) Adjusted Profit/Loss [(iv) = (ii) less (iii)]
Find out more on income received as a:
• Self-employed or sole proprietor (commission agents, freelancers, taxi drivers, hawkers...)
• Partner in a partnership
(a) Type and nature of income (rental, royalty, charge…)
(b) Amount of income (please specify the amount for each type)
2. Expenses
(a) Nature of expenses incurred
(b) Purpose of incurring the expenses
(c) Basis of arriving at the amount
(d) Dates on which the expenses were incurred
For employment expenses, please use the employment expenses schedule (39KB) to submit details of your claims.
Find out more about:
• Employment expenses
• Deductions against business income
3. Relief and rebates
General Reliefs/Rebates available to all taxpayers
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(a) The Year of Assessment (YA) that you wish to claim the relief
(b) The amount of relief that you wish to claim
(c) Name of institution/school and the course attended
(d) Date(s) of payment of the course fees
(e) Amount of course fees paid on each date in (d)
(f) Confirmation that you have met the qualifying conditions
Find out more about Course Fee Relief.
(a) The Year of Assessment (YA) that you wish to claim the relief
(b) The amount of relief that you wish to claim
(c) The Form IR8A (Return of Employee’s Remuneration) or Form IR8S (Details of employer’s / employee’s contributions to CPF), where applicable, from your employer for the YA that you wish to claim the relief
Find out more about CPF/provident fund relief: For employees only
(a) The Year of Assessment that you wish to claim the relief #
(b) Name and identification number of your handicapped sibling / sibling-in-law
(c) Confirmation that you have met the qualifying conditions
#If you are claiming Handicapped Brother/Sister Relief on your sibling for the first time, please complete and submit the Handicapped-Related Tax Relief form (204KB) by email, fax or post.
Find out more about Handicapped Brother/Sister Relief
(a) The Year of Assessment (YA) that you wish to claim the relief
(b) The amount of relief that you wish to claim
(c) The amount of insurance premium paid in the year before the YA
(d) The amount of insured value of the policy
(e) Name of the insurance company
(f) Name of the insured person
(g) Confirmation that you have met the qualifying conditions.
Find out more about Life Insurance Relief
(a) The Year of Assessment (YA) that you wish to claim the relief #
(b) The dependant's name, identification number (NRIC / FIN) and date of birth
(c) The dependent’s address and the amount of his / her income in the year before the YA
(d) Confirmation that you have met the qualifying conditions
#If you are claiming Handicapped Parent Relief and this is your first time claiming this relief on the dependent, please complete and submit the Handicapped-Related Tax Relief form (204KB) by email, fax or post.
Find out more about Parent/Handicapped Parent Relief.
Additional reliefs or rebate available to married / divorced / widowed:
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(a) The Year of Assessment that you wish to claim the relief
(b) The amount of relief that you wish to claim
(c) The amount of foreign domestic worker levy paid in the year before the YA
(d) Confirmation that you have met the qualifying conditions
Find out more about Foreign Maid Levy Relief
(a) The Year of Assessment (YA) that you wish to claim the relief
(b) Name and identification number (NRIC / FIN) of the caregiver
(c) Name and identification number of your child that is being taken care of by the caregiver
(d) Relationship between the caregiver and you
(e) Confirmation that the caregiver was not carrying on any trade, business, profession, vocation or employment in the year prior to the YA that you wish to claim the relief
(f) Confirmation that you have met the qualifying conditions
Find out more about Grandparent Caregiver Relief.
NSman Wife Relief:
(a) The Year of Assessment that you wish to claim the relief
(b) A copy of your marriage certificate
(c) Confirmation that you have met the qualifying conditions
NSman Parent Relief:
(a) The Year of Assessment that you wish to claim the relief
(b) A copy of your son's birth certificate
(c) Confirmation that you have met the qualifying conditions
Find out more about NSman Wife/Parent Relief
(a) A letter signed by both you and your spouse, stating the following:
• Name, NRIC number and child order for the purposes of claiming the rebate;
• Basis of apportionment between you and your spouse (e.g. your spouse: 50%, yourself: 50%);
• You and your spouse's full name & NRIC number; and
• Confirmation that both of you have met the qualifying conditions.
(b) The following documents, where applicable:
• A copy of your child's legal adoption papers (for an adopted child)
• A copy of your child's certificate of citizenship (if he/she was not a Singapore citizen at the time of birth)
• A copy of your marriage certificate (if you were not legally married to the other natural parent at the time of birth of your child, but were subsequently legally married to the other natural parent of the child before the child reaches 6 years old)
• A copy of the court order on the custody and / or maintenance of child/children from a previous marriage.
Find out more about Parenthood Tax Rebate
(a) The Year of Assessment that you wish to claim the relief
(b) Name and identification number of your child
(c) Amount of relief that you wish to claim#
(d) Confirmation that you have met the qualifying conditions.
#If you are claiming Handicapped Child Relief and this is your first time claiming this relief on the child, please complete and submit the Handicapped-Related Tax Relief form (204KB) by email, fax or post.
Find out more about Qualifying/Handicapped Child Relief
(a) The Year of Assessment that you wish to claim the relief #
(b) Name and identification number (NRIC / FIN) of your spouse
(c) Confirmation that you have met the qualifying conditions
#If you are claiming Handicapped Spouse Relief and this is your first time claiming this relief on the spouse, please complete and submit the Handicapped-Related Tax Relief form (204KB) by email, fax or post.
Find out more about Spouse/Handicapped Spouse Relief
(a) The Year of Assessment that you wish to claim the relief
(b) Name and identification number of your child
(c) Birth certificate and child order of your child for the purposes of claiming WMCR
(d) Certificate of Singapore Citizenship for your child (if applicable)
(e) Confirmation that you have met the qualifying conditions
Find out more about Working Mother’s Child Relief
(a) Type and amount of relief that you are claiming
(b) The Year of Assessment that you wish to claim the relief
(c) Confirmation that you have met the qualifying conditions for the relief
Find out more about Filing tax: Deductions to save tax (expenses, donations, reliefs…)
When to pay
Unless you are paying by GIRO, please pay the full amount of tax within 30 days of receiving your tax bill. If your assessment is revised after reviewing your objection, we will refund you the credit balance, if any, within 30 days from the date of your new tax bill (amended Notice of Assessment). Find out more about claiming refund.
If your tax remains outstanding after 30 days, a late payment penalty will be imposed. Find out what happens if you have failed to pay or paid late.
FAQ
For assessments raised in year 2007 and before, you have up to 6 years from end of that year to inform us of your claims. For example, if the assessment was raised in year 2007, you have up till 31 Dec 2013 to inform us of your claim.
For assessments raised in year 2008 and subsequent years, you have up to 4 years from the end of that year to inform us of your claims. For example, if the assessment was raised in year 2012, you have up till 31 Dec 2016 to inform us of your claim.
To claim for eligible reliefs in the preceding years, you may email us the details of your claims.