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Media Releases and Speeches

Media Releases and Speeches
2010
14 May 2010 Deadline for Employers to Benefit from Final Payment of Jobs Credit
Automotive spare parts trader convicted of evading GST and income tax
Businesses can start applying for cash payout under the Productivity and Innovation Credit scheme
Businessman convicted of GST fraud
Businessman dealing in automobile spare parts convicted for tax evasion
Changes To Board Of Inland Revenue Authority Of Singapore (IRAS)
Company director jailed for GST fraud
Company operating dormitories and managing foreign workers convicted for tax evasion
Director and her trading company convicted of tax evasion
e-Filing rate hits a record high of 94%
File tax early to avoid last-minute rush
Finance Manager of Warehousing and Logistics Company Convicted of Tax Evasion and Abuse of Tax Exemption Scheme for New Companies
First person to be convicted of counterfeiting Stamp Certificates
Jobs Credit Scheme to see final payment in June 2010
Keynote Address by Mr Peter Ong, Permanent Secretary for Finance and Chairman of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority, at the Start-Up Enterprise Conference
Man in biggest GST fraud case jailed, fined $17m
Measures to Ensure a Stable and Sustainable Property Market
Measures to Maintain a Stable and Sustainable Property Market
MND: New Statutory Board to be formed to raise Professionalism of Real Estate Agency Industry
MOF accepts 22 out of 38 suggestions on the Draft Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill 2010
More than 100,000 employers to receive $460 million from the first extended payment of Jobs Credit
Protocol to standing DTA between Singapore and Brunei to take effect
Singapore and China Enhance Tax Cooperation
Singapore and Japan enhance tax cooperation
Singapore and Saudi Arabia Sign Agreement for Avoidance of Double Taxation
Singapore and Slovenia sign Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement
Singapore and South Korea enhance tax cooperation
Singapore-Georgia Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement Comes into Force
Singapore-New Zealand Revised Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement Comes into Force
Speech by Dr Ernest Kan, ICPAS President and SIATP Chairman, at the official launch of the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals (SIATP)
Speech by Mr Moses Lee, Commissioner of Inland Revenue at the official launch of SIATP
Speech by Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Finance and Transport, at official launch of SIATP
Stamp your documents at IRAS new e-Stamping website
The protocol to the standing agreement for the avoidance of double taxation between Singapore and Japan will enter into force on 14 July 2010
Two partners of chemical treatment business jailed for tax evasion
URA takes over the secretariat function for the Street and Building Names Board (SBNB)
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4 Feb 2010


Singapore and Japan signed a protocol to incorporate the new internationally agreed Standard for the exchange of information for tax purposes upon request in their standing Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation (“DTA”) on 4 February 2010.

The protocol was signed in Singapore by Mr. Moses Lee, Commissioner of Inland Revenue, and His Excellency Mr. Makoto Yamanaka, Japan’s Ambassador to Singapore. 

The full text of the protocol is available here. The protocol will enter into force after its ratification by both countries.


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