2021年3月10日,新加坡稅務局發布了根據《商業信托法》(第三版)注冊的信托的最新電子稅收指南所得稅處理,該指南特別列出了如何將某些公司稅收功能應用于已注冊的商業信托。
該指南詳細介紹了根據《商業信托法》注冊的信托的所得稅待遇,就所得稅而言,信托將被視為一家公司。
注冊商業信托的收入在受托人一級征稅,且為最終稅(“final tax”),注冊商業信托的單位持有人將無需就其信托收入的權利征稅。
該指南提供了有關根據《商業信托法》注冊的信托的所得稅處理的詳細信息,出于所得稅目的,該信托將被視為公司。注冊商業信托的收入應在受托人一級征稅。這是最終稅,注冊商業信托的單位持有人無需就其信托收入的權利征稅。
《指南》特別規定了某些公司稅特征如何適用于注冊商業信托,包括:
(a) 集體救濟;
(b) “持股測試”的應用;
(c) 選擇第24條出售財產;
(d) 合并及收購計劃;及
(e) 股票處置收益。
最新版本的電子稅務指南包括更新,以反映2020年預算中宣布的稅務變化,即將并購計劃延長至2025年12月31日,以及2020年4月1日或之后執行的文書印花稅減免失效。
On 10 March 2021, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) published an updated e-Tax Guide Income Tax Treatment of a Trust registered under the Business Trusts Act (Third Edition).
The guide provides details on the income tax treatment of a trust that is registered under the Business Trusts Act, which will be treated like a company for income tax purposes.
The income of a registered business trust is taxable at the trustee level.
It is a final tax and the unitholders of the registered business trust will not be taxed on their entitlement of trust income.
In particular, the guide sets out how certain corporate tax features are to be applied to a registered business trust, including:
(a) group relief;
(b) application of "shareholding test";
(c) election of section 24 for the sale of property;
(d) mergers and acquisitions scheme; and
(e) gains on disposal of shares.
The latest edition of the e-tax guide includes updates to reflect tax changes announced in Budget 2020 on the extension of the M&A scheme to 31 December 2025 and the lapse of stamp duty relief for instruments executed on or after 1 April 2020.