More than 98% of individual taxpayers e-File their Income Tax Returns. However, if you are unable to e-File and wish to file a paper Return instead, you will receive the relevant tax form from IRAS in Mar each year.
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Receiving a paper Income Tax Return

If you are on paper filing and required to file an Income Tax Return, the relevant paper form will be sent to you from Mar. Please submit your paper Tax Return by 18 Apr. 

For a more convenient and seamless filing experience, we encourage you to e-File at myTax Portal using your Singpass or Singpass Foreign user Account (SFA). If you e-File, your income and relief information will be prefilled in your online form for subsequent years, reducing the hassle of filling up your information every year. You will also receive an instant acknowledgement of your tax submission.

If you are certain that you have to file, but did not receive a notification from us by Mar, you may check your notification at myTax Portal using your Singpass or SFA

When filing your Income Tax Return, you do not need to declare the employment income received from your employer who is participating in the Auto-Inclusion Scheme (AIS). This information would be automatically included in your income tax assessment.

If your employer is under the AIS, please enter "0" for your employment income and any donations, CPF contributions and life insurance premium deducted from your salary.

Income Tax Return for tax resident individuals

Tax resident individuals should receive:

  1. Form B1 2025
  2. Appendices 1 and 2
  3. Return envelope

Income Tax Return for self-employed individuals

Self-employed individuals should receive:

  1. Form B 2025
  2. Appendices 1 and 2
  3. Return envelope

For more details on filing, please refer Basic guide for self-employed persons.

Income Tax Return for non-resident individuals

Non-resident individuals should receive:

  1. Form M 2025
  2. Appendix
  3. Return envelope

For more information on filing, please refer to Tax Season 2025 - All you need to know.

Please sign on page 1 of the paper Income Tax Return and send it to us using the return envelope provided by 18 Apr.

Documents not required for submission

You are not required to submit the following documents unless requested:

  1. Form IR8A (Electronic)/NSmen reservist pay
  2. Vouchers/Statements for auto-included dividends (e.g. NTUC Fairprice dividend vouchers)
  3. All receipts (e.g. receipts for rental expenses, donations, subscriptions, course fees, insurance and entertainment)
  4. Foreign domestic worker levy statements

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