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What is the position where tax on the remuneration of an employee is paid by the employer?

  • FAQ: SINGAPORE
  • Date: 15.07.2010

For Singapore tax purposes, a tax equalisation arrangement is considered a private arrangement. Where any income tax is borne by an employer on any or all of the remuneration of an employee or where a particular category of the remuneration is paid tax free, the tax borne wholly or partly by the employer will be considered a taxable benefit to the employee.

For more details, see Asia Guide to International Assignment Management , [SGP ¶10-650] Income tax paid by the employer