machoman wrote:sundaymorningstaple wrote:Almost sounds like you are doing a runner. Have you notified your employer a month in advance that you are leaving? Have you had your IR-21 filed by your employer and the resulting Income Tax bill deducted from your final salary? You need to clear with your employer on your last day of work. If you haven't and you haven't cleared with IRAS, when you try to return your EP, you will be check through the database to ensure compliance and possibly be retained if you haven't been cleared by IRAS. Why not do it the correct way? Or are you doing a runner from your employer?
If you do it properly, your employer will collect your card and print your SVP direct from the MOM site and give it to you. You will then hand that to immigration and be on your merry way.
Why does my employer not tell me all these things?
Most HR in SG that I have interacted with sucked. So that may well be a reason.
Please, for your own sake, make sure your employer filed the IR-21 for you WELL BEFORE you leave. While on EP, your employer is required to withhold (part of) your last salary to cover your outstanding tax debt. He should pay you what is left, if any, after getting the answer from IRAS. If he has not withheld anything, be prepared to pay him the tax back when the time comes.
Alternatively, some employers may allow you to fill out a form of undertaking that says that you will file it on your own. But in that case, you must take responsibility yourself, file with IRAS in a timely manner, and pay your taxes when you get the answer. I am not sure what you implications are on leaving the country if you have filed but not paid yet (unlike the first alternative, the gahmen has no guarantee that you will pay).
Inform yourself online about these - MoM and IRAS websites should have the relevant information.