Upcoming Seminars and Conferences

Upcoming Seminars and Conferences
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October 2021

September 2021

TaxEdge Webinar Series: Stamp Duty 101 for Tax Professionals

22 Oct

Tax Academy is pleased to present this webinar on Stamp Duty 101 for Tax Professionals, conducted by Mr. Noel Wong (Manager, IRAS), Ms. Chang Lih Ning (Principal Tax Officer, IRAS) and Mr. Danny Quah (Counsel, Providence Law Asia). The session provides a brief introduction to Stamp Duty and its application on renting and purchasing/selling a property, shares, Property Holding Entities and treatment for VCC. Speakers will also discuss scenarios where Duty is exempted under S36 of SDA, anti-avoidance provisions under S33A and offences.

Admin details:

  • The webinar will be conducted via Zoom
  • Date: 22 Oct 21
  • Time: 2.00pm to 5.00pm
  • Fees: $85.60 (incl. GST)
  • Closing date for registration: 11 Oct (or when webinar is fully subscribed)
  • Registration Form

About the Speakers

Mr Noel Wong is a Manager in Valuation & Stamp Duty Branch, IRAS. He oversees the Appeals, Assessment, Customer Service and Systems teams. Noel has worked with the Ministry of Finance and Attorney General’s Chambers on the 2018 amendments to Stamp Duties Act to allow the application of stamp duty to electronic contracts, as well as allowing the e-payment of conveyancing stamp duties. Prior to joining IRAS, Noel was with PwC handling audit and corporate tax. He was also with the Ministry of Finance handling tax policies in the areas of tax policy, as well as reserves and investment where he worked with GIC, Temasek and MAS. Noel is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore.

Ms Chang Lih Ning is a Principal Tax Officer in Valuation & Stamp Duty Branch, IRAS. She joined Valuation & Stamp Duty branch around year 2006 and currently, she handles stamp duty assessment matters that are complex in nature. She was also involved in several notable stamp duty changes and implementation, which include the changes for Buyer’s Stamp Duty (BSD), Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD), Seller’s Stamp Duty (SSD) and Additional Conveyance Duty (ACD). She works closely with the Ministry of Finance and Attorney General’s Office on legislation drafting for stamp duty matters.

Mr Danny Quah is a commercial litigator with specialised expertise in complex tax disputes. He was recently recognised by the Singapore Academy of Law as an up-and-coming litigator and previously spent some time at the “magic circle” barristers chambers Pump Court Tax Chambers in London. Danny has acted in multi-million dollar income tax, GST and stamp duty disputes, rare GST tax avoidance disputes, and judicial reviews for and against IRAS. He was previously with Baker & McKenzie’s tax team and IRAS Law Division.

FasTax Webinar Series: Fundamentals of Corporate Tax Filing

14 Oct

As a company director, do you know whether your tax agent/staff are filing corporate tax correctly and what are the proper documentations to maintain? As a tax agent/practitioner, do you know what are the common pitfalls to avoid when filing corporate tax for your clients?

Join us in this webinar as our speakers from IRAS’ Corporate Tax and Enforcement Divisions equip you with knowledge in the following areas:

  • Fundamentals of Singapore corporate taxation
  • Practical guidance and tips for preparing tax computation
  • Responsibilities of the company director

Target Audience: Company directors, tax agents/practitioners, finance and accounting professionals

Admin details:

  • The webinar will be conducted via Zoom
  • Date: 14 Oct 21
  • Time: 2.00pm to 5.00pm
  • Fees: $85.60 (incl. GST)
  • Closing date for registration: 4 Oct (or when webinar is fully subscribed)
  • Registration Form

FasTax Webinar Series: Transfer Pricing Essentials

24 Sep

Having a proper set of transfer pricing documentation is essential for businesses not only for reporting purpose, it will be useful in times of transfer pricing disputes with foreign tax authorities.

Join us in this webinar, where our speakers from Deloitte, Mr Avik Bose (Tax Partner, Transfer Pricing) and Mr Tay Eng Hong (Senior Manager, Transfer Pricing), together with IRAS, Ms Balbir Kaur (Group Tax Specialist) and Ms Linda Cheng (Senior Manager), provide you with insights and experiences in the areas of Singapore’s Transfer Pricing regime.

Agenda:

  • Overview of Singapore’s TP regime
  • TP documentation and mistakes to avoid
  • TP disputes—prevention and resolution

Admin details:

  • The webinar will be conducted via Zoom
  • Date: 24 Sep 21
  • Time: 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
  • Fees: $85.60 (incl. GST) Overseas participants who in their business capacity belong overseas and are sponsored by overseas employers will pay SGD 80, excluding GST.
  • Closing date for registration: 16 Sep (or when webinar is fully subscribed)
  • Registration Form

About the Speakers

Mr Avik Bose is a Tax Partner at Deloitte Singapore. Avik has over 17 years of experience in transfer pricing. This includes supply/value chain realignments, intellectual property valuation, structuring and pricing intercompany financial transactions, planning and executing global documentation projects for multinational corporations (MNCs). Avik assists MNCs in various industries to develop and implement commercially viable transfer pricing policies to achieve tax efficiencies across jurisdictions. He has represented his clients before revenue authorities in several Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) and Advanced Pricing Agreement (APA) cases, including representing before the Tax Courts. Avik is an active speaker at various transfer pricing discussion forums, authors articles in the public domain and conducted trainings with regional revenue authorities.

Mr Tay Eng Hong is a Transfer Pricing Senior Manager at Deloitte Singapore. Eng Hong has 18 years of experience in advising multinational corporations (MNCs) on development and implementation of effective transfer pricing planning, and preparing supporting economic and financial analyses. He is also involved in Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) and Advanced Pricing Agreement (APA) assignments involving corporation with IRAS and overseas Competent Authorities. Eng Hong has assisted major MNCs in addressing their transfer pricing requirements, including companies involved in manufacturing, distribution, service provision, financial and licensing activities. Eng Hong has dealt with transfer pricing issues across a wide range of industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, oil and gas. The majority of these assignments were global or regional projects, involving close collaboration with counterparts from other Deloitte transfer pricing practices.

Ms Linda Cheng is the Senior Manager of the transfer pricing audit team in the Corporate Tax Division in IRAS. Prior to this, she was in the Transfer Pricing and Dispute Resolution branch handling transfer pricing mutual agreement procedure and advance pricing arrangement cases.

Ms Balbir Kaur is a Group Tax Specialist from the Transfer Pricing and Dispute Resolution Branch in IRAS. She does transfer pricing policy formulation and Advanced Pricing Agreement and Mutual Agreement Procedure negotiation with the foreign tax authorities.

FasTax Webinar Series: Fundamentals of GST Filing

9 Sep

Join us in this webinar to hear from IRAS’ tax officers in the following areas:

  • Responsibilities of a GST-Registered Person
  • Key GST Concepts
  • Common GST Errors
  • Reimbursements vs Disbursement
  • Fringe Benefits
  • International Services

Target Audience: GST tax practitioners, including tax, finance, accounting and legal professionals

Attendees must complete the following eLearning modules and the respective quizzes, before attending the webinar:

Admin details:

  • The webinar will be conducted via Zoom
  • Date: 9 Sep 21
  • Time: 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
  • Fees: $53.50 (incl. GST) Overseas participants who in their business capacity belong overseas and are sponsored by overseas employers will pay SGD 50, excluding GST.
  • Closing date for registration: 3 Sep (or when webinar is fully subscribed)
  • Registration Form

Signature Conference: Taxes and Investments in a Post-Pandemic World

3 Sep

As countries emerge from the CoVID-19 pandemic, the fiscal costs incurred in supporting the economy during and post-pandemic will weigh on governments. Investments are needed to create jobs and provide revenues. The evolving international tax rules for a more digitalised world economy are also culminating in some form of the new international tax order. Companies and governments will have to manoeuvre through and emerge from these challenges.

The conference offers keynotes and panel discussion by policy makers, tax and business professionals and academia to share insights on the emerging international tax rules and policies and discuss the fiscal and tax challenges so as to make sense of the imperatives in preparation for the post-pandemic fiscal and international tax order in a more digitalised economy.

Details - About the Speakers and Panellists

Target Audience: Members of the business and tax community | Legal professionals | Academics | Policy makers and tax administrators

Coming Soon: Post Conference Highlights!

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