Self-employed
Seen and supported: Why data is indispensable for the platform economy
Strong national data and international collaboration could turn this critical workforce from invisible to included
Delivery workers can claim tax deductions this year based on fixed proportion of income
QUALIFYING delivery workers will have the choice to claim tax deductions on business expenses based on a fixed proportion of their annual gross income earned from delivery services, for income earned ...
Real estate, insurance companies must submit agents’ income data to Iras, under MOF proposal
The requirement will eventually be extended to platform companies such as Grab, Foodpanda
Labour MPs suggest more support for the self-employed, unemployed
MORE support should be given to self-employed persons (SEPs) to help them upskill, and to the unemployed to aid their job search, labour MPs said on the second day of the Budget debate on Thursday (Fe...
More own account workers in 2021, even as share of self-employed fell: MOM
THE number of own account workers - self-employed persons who are not either employers or family workers - rose for the second straight year in 2021, according to the Manpower Ministry's (MOM) annual ...
NTUC sets up associations for freelance delivery riders, creatives
THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has formed two new groups to represent freelance and self-employed (FSE) individuals - one for delivery riders and the other for creative content professional...
How can gig workers be protected?
SLOWLY - and mostly digitally - some work is returning to the gig sectors that have been hit hard by Covid-19. But the business shutdowns brought on by the pandemic have accentuated, starkly and sever...
Self-employed relief expect to total S$2b, more than budgeted S$1.2b
THE Self-Employed Person Income Relief Scheme is expected to cost S$2 billion in total with the disbursement of the third and final tranche in October, far more than the S$1.2 billion set aside in the...
One-man-show 'directors' say they're losing out in wage support for self-employed
They set up as companies to reduce liability, but as 'directors' they don't automatically qualify
Some self-employed unable to benefit from enhanced Sirs scheme
[SINGAPORE] Around 100,000 of the self-employed will now be able to automatically benefit following the two enhancements made to the Self-Employed Person (SEP) Income Relief Scheme (Sirs) as part of t...
