Yes, provided you are working for your Singapore-based employer.greenworld wrote:1. Am I able to work in overseas by holding Employment Pass?
No. Certainly your employer must not change. If you transfer to an offshore company (even an affiliate), your Singapore-based employer would be obliged to cancel your EP.2. Do my designation need to change?
Practically everyone with a pulse can apply for PR, so that question isn't all that interesting. I think what you're really asking is how this arrangement affects your odds of PR approval in the future. You could be at a significant disadvantage, especially if you're still operating under this arrangement when you apply (or fairly shortly before you apply). ICA Form 4A asks for your residential address in Singapore, but (I assume) you would have none. ICA will also have access to your entry and exit records and thus know how much you've been physically present in Singapore. (Not much.) ICA will also have access to your Income Tax Notices of Assessment (because you have to grant that access), and presumably ICA will understand how little tax you've paid while you're mostly away from Singapore -- as little as zero. In short, you certainly won't look like a typical foreign resident of Singapore, and ICA can certainly take that fact into account in making its decision. The second letter in PR is residence, after all.3. Will I able to apply PR if not residing in Singapore but holding Employment Pass?
Your response is not clear. Are you going to be officially working for the Indian company or the Singapore company?greenworld wrote:At this point of view, Is there any issues I may face in EP?
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This is not entirely correct. If he is on a temporary secondment, then he will pay Singapore tax and can probably keep the EP, because he is still considered living and working in Singapore.BBCWatcher wrote:Yes, provided you are working for your Singapore-based employer.greenworld wrote:1. Am I able to work in overseas by holding Employment Pass?
Yes, that's quite possible. I'm with you so far.Strong Eagle wrote:But if any person working for a Singapore company is sent to another company long term (and I would say 1 to 2 years is long term), that person will become tax resident in the country in which he is working....
No, that's not a given. It's possible to be subject to Indian tax without working for a local Indian entity. Common, even. In that event Indian tax would apply first, and then a foreign tax credit would be possible (and if necessary) back on the Singapore side.....and he will have to work for a local entity.
There is some work in Singapore (occasional visits) and employment by a Singapore entity in the situation described. I'm just reading what the original poster wrote.There would be no reason for the Singapore company to file for an EP because the person doesn't work in Singapore.
No, if he is transferred to the Indian entity the Singapore entity has to cancel his Employment Pass. That's an employer requirement. Want to keep the EP? Don't transfer to the Indian entity.And so... maybe the OP can keep his EP simply by he and his company doing nothing but on an original application he wouldn't qualify... he's working in India.
Since this OP is an Indian citizen you are probably correct because he does not need work authorization in India... he is a citizen.BBCWatcher wrote:No, that's not a given. It's possible to be subject to Indian tax without working for a local Indian entity. Common, even. In that event Indian tax would apply first, and then a foreign tax credit would be possible (and if necessary) back on the Singapore side.Strong Eagle wrote:....and he will have to work for a local entity.
That's right. Or, as another example, in most countries, the legal spouse co-residing with his/her citizen spouse and properly documented in that country generally has (or can obtain) work permission.Strong Eagle wrote:Since this OP is an Indian citizen you are probably correct because he does not need work authorization in India... he is a citizen.
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