IRAS on alert for attempts to escape tax using shell set-ups
Minister notes risk that high income earners may set up companies to avoid higher personal income taxes
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SINGAPORE'S tax authority will be on the lookout for high-income earners who set up shell companies to avoid stiffer income taxes, Senior Minister of State for Transport and Finance Josephine Teo said on Monday.
This comes as the government has moved to raise income taxes for the rich in Singapore. They would be paying up to 22 per cent on chargeable income earned from 2017 onwards.
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