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Government Assistance - Tax Incentives


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Foreign Companies
International Headquarters Award (IHQ)
Get IHQ status for your business and enjoy lower corporate tax rates.
 
Regional Headquarters Award (RHQ)
Get RHQ status for your business and enjoy lower corporate tax rates.
 
Goods Traders & Manufacturers
Excise Factory Scheme
Manufacturing dutiable goods? Transform part of your premises into a licensed excise factory to suspend the payment of duty and GST till the goods leave your premises.
 
Industrial Exemption Factory Scheme
Tax breaks for manufacturers who use dutiable raw materials for manufacturing.
 
Licensed Warehouse Scheme
Transform your warehouse into a licensed warehouse for storing dutiable goods. In licensed warehouses, duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) are suspended until the goods are released for sale into Singapore.
 
Major Exporter Scheme (MES)
Major exporters can improve their cash flow by deferring Goods and Services Tax (GST) on goods imported mainly for re-export.
 
Temporary Import Scheme (TIS)
Importing goods into Singapore temporarily for exhibitions, repairs, filming, testing, etc.? Import them under TIS and you will not have to pay duty and/or taxes as long as you re-export these goods within 3 months.
 
Zero GST Warehouse Scheme
Businesses can transform their warehouses into zero-GST warehouses to minimise red tape and bypass the Goods and Services Tax (GST) process.
 
Product Development & Innovation
Development & Expansion Incentive (DEI)
Provides lower corporate tax rates for a set period to assist companies to move into higher value-added activities in Singapore.
 
Investment Allowance (IA)
Encourages investment in equipment for greater productivity or introduce new technology to the industry.
 
Investment Allowance (IA) Scheme For Flagship Concepts
Building a one-of-a-kind flagship retail, F&B or entertainment store? Get investment allowance for capital expenditures.
 
Liberalised Research And Development (R&D) Tax Deductions
Under new tax concessions, you can get up to 150% tax deduction for qualifying R&D activities in Singapore, even if the R&D does not relate to your existing trade/business.
 
Pioneer Incentive (PC-M or PC-S)
Awards full corporate tax exemption on qualifying profits for up to 15 years.
 
Productivity And Innovation Credit
Get significant tax deductions or payouts for your investments in research, development, innovation, automation and training.
 
R&D Tax Allowance (RDA) Scheme
Get an annual tax allowance of up to S$150,000 every year for engaging in and increasing your research and development (R&D) activities in Singapore.
 
Start-Ups
Angel Investors Tax Deduction Scheme (AITD)
Enjoy 50% tax deduction by investing in Singapore start-up companies.
 
R&D Incentive For Start-up Enterprises (RISE) Scheme
Are you a start-up that engages intensively in research and development (R&D)? Apply for RISE to convert your tax losses into cash grants.
 
Tax Exemption for Start-ups
Start-ups that meet certain qualifying conditions do not need to pay tax on the first S$100,000 of chargeable income (excluding Singapore franked dividends) for any of the first 3 years of tax assessment falling within Year of Assessment 2005 to 2009.
 
Tourism Promotion
Double Tax Deduction (DTD) For Inbound Tourism Promotion
Get tax breaks when you participate in tourism trade fairs and missions overseas.
 
Double Tax Deduction (DTD) For Local Trade Exhibitions
Get tax breaks when you participate in international trade exhibitions held in Singapore.
 
Venture Abroad
Double Deduction (DD) for Overseas Investment Development Expenditure
Invest in overseas markets and get tax breaks.
 
Double Tax Deduction (DTD) for Market Development, Master Franchising and Master Intellectual Property Licensing
Market your products and services overseas and get tax breaks.
 
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