In light of the recent debate on whether Singapore should consider imposing wealth and inheritance taxes on ultra-high net worth individuals, this article seeks to address two key questions: whether wealth should be taxed and how it should be taxed. The first question is one of moral philosophy...

Section 10(1) of the Income Tax Act (Cap. 134, 2014 Rev. Ed.) (“ITA”) is the charging provision which provides for income tax to be payable for each year of assessment (“YA”) upon the income of any person. Income is taxable if it falls within one of the enumerated heads of charge under...

Singapore imposes a single tax on income. Capital gains are not taxable. Income tax was first sought to be introduced in Singapore more as a war tax in 1917 and has had a chequered history of introduction, application and repeal from 1917 till 1941, including a period from 1923 till 1940 without...