No. S 701
Income Tax Act
(CHAPTER 134)
Income Tax
(Exemption and Concessionary Tax Rate
for Income from General Business)
(Amendment) Regulations 2020
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 43C of the Income Tax Act, the Minister for Finance makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations are the Income Tax (Exemption and Concessionary Tax Rate for Income from General Business) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and are deemed to have come into operation on 1 April 2020.
Amendment of regulation 4
2.  Regulation 4 of the Income Tax (Exemption and Concessionary Tax Rate for Income from General Business) Regulations 2017 (G.N. No. S 614/2017) is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “31 March 2020” and substituting the words “31 December 2025”;
(b)by deleting the words “for a period of 10 years”; and
(c)by renumbering the regulation as paragraph (1) of that regulation, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:
(2)  An approval under paragraph (1) is for a period of —
(a)10 years if the approval is granted before 1 April 2020; or
(b)5 years if the approval is granted on or after 1 April 2020.”.
Amendment of regulation 5
3.  Regulation 5(1) of the Income Tax (Exemption and Concessionary Tax Rate for Income from General Business) Regulations 2017 is amended by deleting the words “31 March 2020” and substituting the words “31 December 2025”.
Made on 11 August 2020.
TAN CHING YEE
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.
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