No. S 63
Income Tax Act
(CHAPTER 134)
Income Tax
(Singapore — Poland)
(Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement)
Order 2014
WHEREAS it is provided by section 49 of the Income Tax Act that if the Minister by order declares that arrangements specified in the order have been made with the government of any country outside Singapore with a view to affording relief from double taxation in relation to tax under the Act and any tax of a similar character imposed by the laws of that country, and that it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect, the arrangements shall have effect in relation to tax under the Act notwithstanding anything in any written law:
AND WHEREAS by an Agreement dated 4th November 2012 between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Government of the Republic of Poland, arrangements were made, amongst other things, for the avoidance of double taxation:
AND WHEREAS by a Protocol dated 4th November 2012, between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Government of the Republic of Poland, the arrangements set out in the said Agreement were modified as prescribed in the said Protocol:
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby declared by the Minister for Finance —
(a)that the arrangements as specified in the Schedule to this Order have been made with the Government of the Republic of Poland; and
(b)that it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect notwithstanding anything in any written law.
Made this 3rd day of February 2014.
LIM SOO HOON
Permanent Secretary
(Finance) (Performance),
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.
[MF(R) R32.2.0055 V4; AG/LLRD/SL/134/2010/7 Vol. 1]