Withholding Tax Types of taxable income Tax rate (For non-resident) Interest 15% Royalty 10% Technical fee 17% Singapore does not levy withholding tax on dividend and there is no Capital Gains Tax. Tax Incentives for SMEs Partial Tax exemption From 2008, partial tax exemption for SMEs is provided up to SGD 300,000. Full Tax exemption The full tax exemption for newly established companies was introduced in 2005 to widen SMEs every opportunity to thrive and succeed. Under this condition, new start-up companies are granted tax exemption on the first SGD 100,000 of their chargeable income derived in each of their first three years of operation that fall within 2005 to 2009.
The 2009 expiry date was removed in the recent 2007 Budget to enable all new companies to apply a full three years of tax exemption. In addition, effective from 2008, a further 50% exemption will be given on the next SGD200,000 of chargeable income derived by new companies.
Carry – back relief system
The carry-back relief system was implemented in 2006 as a means to provide more timely relief for SMEs to be able to cope with cash-flow problems, especially in a cyclical downturn. With this scheme, loss making companies shall be able to claim back some of the