No. S 182
Income Tax Act
(Chapter 134)
Income Tax (Concessionary Rate of Tax for Approved Finance and Treasury Centre) (Amendment) Regulations 1996
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 43G of the Income Tax Act, the Minister for Finance hereby makes the following Regulations:
1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Concessionary Rate of Tax for Approved Finance and Treasury Centre) (Amendment) Regulations 1996.
(2)  Regulation 2(a) and (b) of these Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on 28th February 1995.
(3)  Regulation 2(c) of these Regulations shall have effect for the year of assessment 1995 and subsequent years of assessment.
2.  Regulation 2 of the Income Tax (Concessionary Rate of Tax for Approved Finance and Treasury Centre) Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting sub-paragraph (iv) of the definition of “qualifying activities” and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
(iv)its approved offices and associated companies, but excluding such funds borrowed from sources other than banks;”;
(b)by inserting at the end of sub-paragraph (v) of the definition of “qualifying activities”, the word “and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:
(vi)banks outside Singapore;”; and
(c)by deleting “95%” in the second line of sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (e) of the definition of “qualifying services” and substituting “80%”.
[Rg 18.]
[G.N. No.]
[S 420/93]

Made this 18th day of April 1996.

NGIAM TONG DOW
Permanent Secretary,  
Ministry of Finance,  
Singapore.      
[MF(R) R32.16.057 Vol. 11 T 3; AG/SL/10/95/1]