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by sundaymorningstaple » Sat, 12 May 2007 6:11 pm
From what I can see, you may well be able to forgo that worry but I cannot find it specifically in writing. IRAS does say that if you are here for 3 consecutive years you will be taxed at resident rates even if here less than 183 in the 1 & 3rd years.
Without calling them, I would assume that you have to make that decision based on your own knowledge at tax time. If you are here for a two year contract that spans 3 consecutive years like from 1/7/07 to 30/6/09 then I would say you would file as a resident when filing your tax return for YA2008 and you would only have to worry about it when leaving Singapore either upon finishing your contract or terminating your contract. If you are leaving your employer must file an IR21 Tax Clearance where your date of arrival & dates of cessation are all listed both for the current year and the previous year. Once this is filed, if you don't qualify as a resident (think terminated contract) you would be assessed the difference more than likely.
http://www.iras.gov.sg/ESVPortal/employ ... nce.asp#Q7
Clear as mud yeah?
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