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Webinar: International Tax Structuring 101

Webinar

Our Head of Tax David Sandison will be leading a session on the fundamentals and building blocks for International structuring. To help you navigate tax structuring, David will be covering: what are the different bases of taxation in an international context, and how do they interact? what is the importance (or otherwise) of tax residence? how can tax treaties help me? what are the building blocks of structuring cross-border investments? what are the current trends in tax planning, and does it have a future?

01 Jul 2020

GST cashflow savings – Import-GST Deferment Scheme “IGDS”

Indirect Tax

Is your business substantially involved with the import of goods into Singapore? Are you unnecessarily paying import GST and having to wait to file your GST return before you claim input tax credit for the import GST paid to Singapore Customs?

Jeremy O’Neill

| 17 Jun 2020

Webinar: Leading your business in a time of crisis

Webinar

The economic ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic are huge, diverse, and far-reaching. When uncertainty is the new normal, standing still isn’t an option. Grant Thornton has summarised the five areas that businesses need to focus on during this unprecedented time.

10 Jun 2020

The cryptic art of taxing digital token transactions – in a nutshell

Cryptocurrency

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has recently issued two guides on the topic, one for GST, the other for Income Tax. We now have the full set, hence the purpose of this article. The aim is not to explain the detail. Rather it is to set the context in which the detail is applied.

02 Jun 2020

Fortitude Budget and COVID-19 support measures

Budget

Mr Heng Swee Keat, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, delivered the Fortitude Budget on 26 May 2020, a week before transiting into Phase 1 of the post COVID-19 circuit breaker measures.

27 May 2020

Webinar: Transfer pricing during economic slowdown

Webinar

As we are aware that the COVID -19 pandemic has had business make significant changes in the way they operate which will directly impact revenues and profits of an organization. Considering the cross border nature of global operations, any such adverse impact on revenues and profits of an organization would have transfer pricing related consequences. With this in mind, our tax leaders take this opportunity to discuss in detail some of these transfer pricing issues emanating from such business slowdowns as well as guide you on potential and practical resolution matters.

21 May 2020

Webinar: Financial reporting and disclosures

Webinar

The COVID-19 outbreak since the start of 2020 has had an impact on almost all entities either directly or indirectly. Some of the worst-hit sectors are aviation, hospitality, and retail with more and more sectors coming under its radar with widespread lockdowns being enforced across the world. This webinar identifies key financial reporting areas that entities need to consider when determining the impact on their business, and on the results, financial position and disclosures in their financial statements.

21 May 2020

Where were you when the music stopped?

COVID-19

Think of COVID-19 what you will, there is no doubt that the reactions to it by various governments around the world are going to have massive, possibly unprecedented, economic implications in due course.

18 May 2020

Webinar: Solidarity Budget and COVID-19 support measures

Webinar

We cover the 3 budgets the Singapore Finance Minister has delivered in the recent months. These measures will ease cash flow for companies, allow more time to meet compliance obligations, and provide clarity on permanent establishment and tax residency issues.

14 May 2020

2020 deferred tax provision

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS (IFRS)

This article sets out four key areas of your tax provision that could be affected by the impacts of COVID-19.

05 May 2020

Solidarity Budget and COVID-19 support measures

Budget

Mr Heng Swee Keat, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, delivered the Solidarity Budget on 6 April 2020, the day before the COVID-19 circuit breaker measures commenced.

24 Apr 2020

GST – reduce costs and release working capital

Indirect Tax

Whilst Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng announced an estimate of nearly $60bn worth of welcome measures to support the economy through the Covid-19 pandemic in the “Resilience” and “Solidarity” budgets, many businesses will still be seeking further ways to reduce costs and improve their overall cashflow position.

Jeremy O’Neill

| 22 Apr 2020

Reactionary comments on the Singapore Budget 2025 from Grant Thornton

18 Feb 2025

Off the back of the Singapore Budget announcement by Finance Minister and Prime Minister Mr Lawrence Wong on 18 February 2025, experts from Grant Thornton Singapore share their thoughts.