No need for further GST increases up to 2030: DPM Lawrence Wong
THERE will be no need for further increases in goods and services tax up to 2030, said Deputy Prime Minister and Finance...
What Budget 2024 has for you
AGAINST the stark realities of a less stable operating environment, Budget 2024 is about taking concrete steps to build a shared future...
Six government agencies to refund at least S$7.5 million in GST wrongly charged on regulatory fees
SIX government agencies will refund the goods and services tax (GST) they mistakenly charged on 18 fees for regulatory services, ranging from...
Cost of living may prompt more top-ups, transfers for families in Budget 2024
MORE handouts to households are likely to come in Budget 2024, said economists, as high inflation and sluggish wage growth continue to...
When one plus one equals three: Why price hikes might be greater than the GST bump
AFTER Singapore’s goods and services tax (GST) rate rose a further one percentage point to 9 per cent on Jan 1, eagle-eyed...
Amid rising costs, businesses should not be seen as the enemy
EVEN as inflation eases, cost-of-living pressures remain an undeniable concern in Singapore. Yet while fear and frustration are understandable, the antagonistic stance...
950,000 HDB households to receive U-Save and S&CC rebates in January
ABOUT 950,000 Singaporean households living in Housing Board flats will receive rebates in January to defray the scheduled hike in goods and...
With next GST hike looming, businesses found guilty of profiteering must be taken to task
IT IS just a little over a month before Singapore’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) goes up once again. On the first...
Structural policy shifts, not just handouts, needed to tackle cost of living: WP MPs
RESPONDING to opposition calls for Singapore to review its policies in the light of inflation, Senior Minister of State for Finance Chee...
Cost-of-living package leaves out firms; unsustainable to ‘permanently subsidise’ them: Lawrence Wong
BUSINESS costs may have gone up, but the government cannot permanently subsidise firms that are not self-sustaining or profitable, said Finance Minister...