SCTP: Get In on the Act of Singapore Tax Cases in 2021

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Gain insights on the notable tax cases of 2021 and its implications for taxpayers

Date:

16 March 2022, Wednesday

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Time:

10.30AM - 12.30PM

Tech check from 10.15a.m.

Venue:

Online Classroom

CPE Hours (Income Tax):

1.25 hour(s)

CPE Hours (GST):

0.75 hour(s)

CPE Hours (Non-Tax):

0 hour(s)

SILE Public CPD Points:

1.5

Practice Area:

Tax

Training Category:

Intermediate

Fees:

$35 (SCTP/ISCA Member); $45 (Association Member); $65 (Non-Member)

Contact:

Contact Nabila (+(65) 6360 5969), Shabana (+(65) 6360 5979) or enquiry@sctp.org.sg

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Programme Synopsis

** From now till 18 March, registrants for this webinar enjoy 20% off the Singapore Income Tax Concise Casebook. If you missed the launch promotion late last year, register for this webinar and grab your copy now!

As the world grappled with the continuation of the long-drawn pandemic, several important tax decisions were handed down in the year 2021. These notable decisions raise several points of contention that are worthy of greater inspection.

Join Accredited Tax Advisor (Income Tax) Mr Allen Tan, Principal, Mr Jeremiah Soh, Senior Associate, at Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, and Mr Justin Tan, Senior Lecturer at NUS Law as they dissect the various controversies, give their insights on the cases, as well as share what these mean to you and your clients.

Programme Outline

Know the tax areas that were in the spotlight in 2021’s cases

Property Tax
- Gain a better understanding of considerations in determining the annual value of properties in Bollywood Veggies Pte Ltd v Chief Assessor, amongst others, and the insights from the High Court and Valuation Review Board
- Comprehend the statutory construction of S 2(3) of the Property Tax Act 1960 to ascertain what constitutes ‘machinery’ in Skyventure VWT Singapore Pte Ltd v Chief Assessor and another

Stamp Duty
- Analyse Singapore’s first case of intentional evasion of stamp duty in Public Prosecutor v Mu Shen and others

Goods & Services Tax (GST)
- Gain insights on the interplay of IRAS e-Tax Guides and legislation in GDY v Comptroller of GST
- Know the case behind wilful evasion of GST by excluding the GST output tax of certain sales transactions from GST returns in Public Prosecutor v Pua Om Tee

Understand the implications these decisions will have on future cases.

About the Facilitator(s)

Mr Allen Tan
Chair of the Asia Pacific Tax Practice, Principal
Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow
Accredited Tax Advisor (Income Tax) and Accredited Tax Practitioner (GST)

Allen works closely with Global Fortune 500 companies, investment funds and major conglomerates, supporting their tax needs across international and domestic markets. He is regularly engaged by multinational enterprises groups on tax governance, policy shifts and regional tax risk management in addition to tax controversies particularly cross-border ones. He plays a key role in shaping tax dialogue in Asia Pacific, bringing together legal and tax insight with commercial strategy.

A board member of the Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals, Allen is also a regular speaker at various established tax conferences. He is ranked as a Band 1 lawyer in Chambers Asia Pacific for his tax controversy and corporate tax work and in many other leading legal and tax directories.

Mr Jeremiah Soh
Principal
Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow

Jeremiah is a Principal with the Tax and Trade practice group at Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow and has practised tax law for over 10 years.

Jeremiah has assisted taxpayers in appeals before all levels of Singapore courts on complex and novel issues of tax law in several reported decisions. He is also experienced in tax advisory and consultancy work, having advised various domestic and multinational companies on a broad range of domestic and cross-border tax issues, particularly in the realm of business restructurings and legal entity rationalisations. Jeremiah has also been recognised as a Next Generation Partner for Tax in the Legal 500.

Mr Justin Tan
Senior Lecturer, Law Faculty
National University of Singapore

Justin holds an LLB (NUS, 1st Class Honors), BBA (NUS) and an LLM in tax (NYU, where he was a Vanderbilt scholar). He practised tax law at Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow, advising on the international tax aspects of cross-border transactions before moving into academia where he is now a senior lecturer at NUS Law teaching cross-border taxation.

Justin has published in tax-related journals, including International Tax Review, IBFD’s Asia-Pacific Tax Bulletin and is a co-author of the recently-published Singapore Income Tax Concise Casebook. He is interested in tax and torts.

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