8.—(1) Tax is payable at the rate of 5% on the income derived by a financial sector incentive (credit facilities syndication) company from the following activities:(a) | arranging, underwriting, or granting loans under, a syndicated facility that is a credit facility or a guarantee facility, if —(i) | the agreement for the facility is made on or after 1 January 2004; and | (ii) | the syndication work in respect of the facility is carried out substantially in Singapore; [S 557/2020 wef 16/07/2020] |
| (b) | if the financial sector incentive (credit facilities syndication) company is a bank that holds a licence under section 7 or 79 of the Banking Act 1970 or a merchant bank that holds a merchant bank licence, or is treated as having been granted a merchant bank licence, under that Act, trading in secondary loans under a syndicated facility that is a credit facility or a guarantee facility, if —(i) | the agreement for the facility is made on or after 1 January 2004; and | (ii) | the syndication work in respect of the facility is carried out substantially in Singapore; [S 557/2020 wef 16/07/2020] |
[S 488/2021 wef 01/07/2021] [S 939/2022 wef 31/12/2021] | (c) | arranging, underwriting or granting a loan, after the loan has become a syndicated facility, if —(i) | at the time of signing of the initial loan agreement, there exists a clear intention by the arranger, underwriter or agent bank of the loan to syndicate the loan as a syndicated facility within 6 months after the date of the signing of that agreement; [S 557/2020 wef 16/07/2020] | (ii) | the arranger, underwriter or agent bank of the loan syndicates the loan as a syndicated facility within 6 months after the date of the signing of the initial loan agreement; [S 557/2020 wef 16/07/2020] | (iii) | the loan agreement becomes an agreement for a syndicated facility on or after 1 May 2009; [S 557/2020 wef 16/07/2020] | (iv) | all the lenders in the syndicated facility are reflected as lenders of records in the records of the arranger or agent bank of the loan; and [S 557/2020 wef 16/07/2020] | (v) | the syndication work in respect of the facility is carried out substantially in Singapore; [S 557/2020 wef 16/07/2020] |
| (d) | providing project finance advisory services in connection with a syndicated facility relating to any prescribed asset or project. |
(1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (c), the agent bank of the syndicated facility mentioned in those provisions must submit to the Comptroller within a time specified by the Comptroller —(a) | a return on the facility and a declaration from the arranger of the facility that the facility is a syndicated facility; and | (b) | any other information or particulars that the Comptroller may require. |
[S 557/2020 wef 16/07/2020] |
(2) Tax is payable at the rate of 5% on the income derived by a financial sector incentive (capital market) company from the following activities:(a) | trading or investing in, or providing services (including services as a broker, nominee or custodian, and the grant of a loan of the securities under a securities lending or repurchase arrangement) in respect of —(i) | debt securities; or | (ii) | stocks, shares, or other equity securities issued by a company, a collective investment scheme or a business trust; |
| (b) | providing services for the purpose of a listing on the Singapore Exchange to a company. |
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(3) Tax is payable at the rate of 5% on the income derived by a financial sector incentive (derivatives market) company from the following activities:(a) | trading in, or providing services as an intermediary in connection with transactions relating to financial derivatives, commodity derivatives, emission derivatives or freight derivatives; | (b) | incidental physical trading, but subject to paragraph (6). |
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(4) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to any income derived from —(a) | the holding of any bonds, notes, certificates of deposit or other instruments of indebtedness (not being an agreement for a loan or advance, guarantee or letter of credit) as a result of arranging, underwriting, or granting loans under, a syndicated facility; or | (b) | the sale of such bonds, notes, certificates of deposit or other instruments of indebtedness (not being an agreement for a loan or advance, guarantee or letter of credit). |
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(5) [Deleted by S 557/2020 wef 16/07/2020] |
(6) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), where, in a relevant year of assessment, the volume of the incidental physical trading of the financial sector incentive (derivatives market) company exceeds 15% of the total volume of its incidental physical trading and trading in commodity derivatives, whether transacted over‑the‑counter or on an exchange, the concessionary rate of tax only applies to a portion of the income derived from the incidental physical trading that is calculated in accordance with the formula where —(a) | A is 15% of the total volume of incidental physical trading and trading in commodity derivatives (whether transacted over‑the‑counter or on an exchange) in that year of assessment; | (b) | B is the total volume of all incidental physical trading in that year of assessment; and | (c) | C is the total income derived from all incidental physical trading in that year of assessment. |
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(7) For the purposes of this regulation, a facility is treated as a syndicated facility if —(a) | the total amount of the facility is at least US$20 million or the equivalent in another currency; | (b) | the facility is documented as one agreement; | (c) | either —(i) | the facility has at least 3 lenders and, where there are fewer than 5 lenders, each lender has a share of at least 10% of the total amount of the facility; or | (ii) | in the case of a facility that provides a guarantee or letter of credit in addition to the provision of loans, advances or funds —(A) | the facility complies with sub-paragraph (i); or | (B) | there are at least 3 issuers of the guarantee or letter of credit and, where there are fewer than 5 issuers, each issuer’s undertaking represents at least 10% of the total amount of the facility; and |
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| (d) | the funds of the facility have not been, and are not intended to be used to finance or refinance any previous borrowing used to finance immovable properties, other than a prescribed asset or project. |
[S 557/2020 wef 16/07/2020] |
(8) For the purposes of this regulation, the syndication work in respect of a facility is treated as being carried out substantially in Singapore if all of the following functions are carried out by a bank that holds a licence under section 7 or 79 of the Banking Act 1970, a merchant bank that holds a merchant bank licence, or is treated as having been granted a merchant bank licence, under that Act, or a financial sector incentive (credit facilities syndication) company that holds a capital markets services licence under the Securities and Futures Act 2001 to deal in securities or that is exempt under that Act from holding such a licence:(a) | originating and structuring of the facility; | (b) | running the book; | (c) | facility documentation; | (d) | facility agency. |
[S 557/2020 wef 16/07/2020] [S 488/2021 wef 01/07/2021] [S 939/2022 wef 31/12/2021] |
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