Carve-out before third-party sale
Published 3 July 2023, A transfers Segment X employees/assets/contracts to Singapore NewCo for later sale to a third party. Assets are leasehold building, plant/machinery, inventory and receivables. Most transfer at net book value, the building at market value. Parent share funding financed the building, used as X factory/office since acquisition. A keeps other Singapore segments; NewCo carries on X here.
Asset-specific tax outcomes
IRAS regards the restructuring as capital under 10(1), 2020 Revised Edition, considering circumstances, business/assets and frequency. Stock value for tax is received consideration because 32(1)(a) conditions are met. Plant/machinery gains are capital but section 20 balancing charge/allowance still applies where relevant, including earlier capital-allowance claims. Receivable gains follow the whole-business capital treatment.
Building and limits
Building capital classification weighs use since acquisition, frequency, financing and realisation circumstances. It does not exempt every component merely because a business is transferred. Only applicant/transaction is bound; summaries are not updated for later law/interpretation changes.
Official source
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