Upcoming Seminars and Conferences

Upcoming Seminars and Conferences
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February 2022

January 2022

FasTax Series: Managing Tax Compliance

25 Feb | 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.

This webinar aims to enhance companies’ understanding of IRAS’ compliance approach and how companies can better comply with their tax obligations. IRAS’ speakers from the Corporate Tax Division and Investigation & Forensics Division will share with you on:

  • IRAS’ audit and investigation approaches
  • Findings from its audits and investigations
  • Learn how to mitigate the common mistakes and improve tax compliance through internal controls and record keeping

Admin details:

  • This webinar will be conducted via Zoom
  • Date: 25 Feb 22
  • Time: 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
  • Fees: $53.50 (incl. GST)
  • Closing date for registration: 18 Feb (or when webinar is fully subscribed)
  • Registration Form

FasTax Series: Fundamentals of GST Filing

17 Feb | 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

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

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

Attendees must complete the following eLearning before attending the webinar: Overview of GST

Admin details:

  • The webinar will be conducted via Zoom
  • Date: 17 Feb 22
  • Time: 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
  • Fees: $53.50 (incl. GST)
  • Closing date for registration: 11 Feb (or when webinar is fully subscribed)
  • Registration Form

TaxEdge Series: Exploring the 2021 amendments to the Income Tax Act 1947

10 Feb | 3.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

The latest amendments to the Income Tax Act 1947 came into force at the close of 2021, giving effect to the various tax measures introduced in Budget 2021, amongst other changes to Singapore’s income tax framework. Join our speakers Mr Allen Tan (Principal, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow), Mr Jeremiah Soh (Senior Associate, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow) and Mr Justin Tan (Senior Lecturer, NUS), who will share on the notable developments.

Agenda:

  1. Introduction of the new sections 10J and 32A, which stipulate the tax treatments for trading stock,

    • appropriated for non-trade or capital purposes, and

    • converted from non-trade or capital assets

  2. Time limit for the claim of foreign tax credits made in Section 50.
  3. Enactment of Section 6(11B), which allow authorised persons to access IRAS records for specified audit purposes
  4. Section 14ZE, which was legislated to allow income tax deductions for upfront lease expenses.

Admin Details

  • The webinar will be conducted via Zoom
  • Date: 10 Feb 22
  • Time: 3.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
  • Fees: $53.50 (incl. GST)
  • Closing date for registration: 4 Feb (or when webinar is fully subscribed)
  • Registration Form

About the Speakers

Mr Allen Tan has extensive experience working on both international and local tax issues, with special focus on regional tax aspects of the transactions he is involved in. His practice includes advising clients on tax issues arising from mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, transfer pricing, indirect taxes, transfer taxes, tax controversies, foreign direct investment, and cross-border tax planning issues. A regular speaker at various established tax conferences, Allen is ranked as a Band 1 lawyer in Chambers Asia Pacific and Legal 500 for his tax controversy and corporate tax work and in many other leading legal and tax directories.

Mr Jeremiah Soh is a Senior Associate with the Tax and Trade practice group at Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow and has practised tax law for 9 years. Jeremiah has assisted taxpayers in appeals before all levels of Singapore courts on complex and novel issues of tax law in several reported decisions. He is also experienced in tax advisory and consultancy work, having advised various domestic and multinational companies on a broad range of domestic and cross-border tax issues, particularly in the realm of business restructurings and legal entity rationalisations. Jeremiah has also been recognised as a Rising Star for Tax in the Legal 500.

Mr Justin Tan holds an LLB (NUS, 1st Class Honors), BBA (NUS) and an LLM in tax (NYU, where he was a Vanderbilt scholar). He practised tax law at Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow, advising on the international tax aspects of cross-border transactions. He is now a Senior Lecturer in NUS Law and teaches cross-border taxation.

Law 101 for Tax Professionals: Law of Partnerships

25 Jan | 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.

Join us in this event where our speakers, Mr Charles Li (Director) and Mr Yang Shi Yong (Director) from Drew and Napier LLC, provides an overview on the law of general partnerships, limited partnerships (“LPs”) and limited liability partnerships in Singapore. They will cover income tax, GST and stamp duty issues in relation to these organisational forms, focusing on legal issues that may have a tax impact, such as whether the partnership exists in law and how unique types of partnership structures, e.g. foreign LPs that have separate legal personality, may or may not fit within Singapore tax laws.

Agenda:

  • General Partnerships
  • Limited Partnerships
  • Limited Liability Partnerships
  • General tax issues: income tax, goods and services tax, and stamp duties

Admin Details

  • The webinar will be conducted via Zoom
  • Date: 25 Jan 2022
  • Time: 3.00pm to 5.00pm
  • Fees: $53.50 (incl. GST)
  • Closing date for registration: 17 Jan
  • Registration Form

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