Budget 2024: Individuals to get 50% personal income tax rebate for 2024
Tan Nai Lun
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AMID concerns around the rising cost of living, all tax resident individuals in Singapore will get a personal income tax rebate of 50 per cent for the year of assessment 2024.
The amount will be capped at S$200 so that the benefits go mostly to middle-income workers, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong in his Budget speech in Parliament on Friday (Feb 16).
The rebate is expected to cost the government S$350 million.
For more of BT’s Budget 2024 coverage, go to bt.sg/budget24
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