Deloitte calls for more tax breaks for jobs and R&D

Singapore

TAX boosts for investment in jobs and innovation are high up on Deloitte's priorities, as it rolled out suggestions for next year's national spending agenda.

An early bird to the Budget wish list game, the professional-services firm has pitched a slew of goodies that it said could make Singapore a more attractive place to do business - especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The global economy is moving from bricks and mortar to digital business, which "represents a seismic shift in international tax principles", it said in a statement on Monday.

Spending on intellectual property (IP), research a…