Properties and restructuring facts
The 3 August 2026 summary concerns Singapore-incorporated Company A carrying on business in Singapore. It owns long-term strategic investment properties consistently rented for rental income or used by itself. As part of internal group restructuring, A sells them to related companies. Each property has been held for at least fifteen years; A has neither financing loans for them nor loans secured by them.
Capital conclusion based on five factors
IRAS rules that the gains are capital, not income taxable under Income Tax Act section 10(1). It considers five factors together: intention on acquisition, use since acquisition, holding period, circumstances of sale and financing method. The case’s fifteen-year period is a fact, not a statutory safe-harbour threshold. Likewise, a related-company sale or absence of debt alone is not presented as a sufficient test.
General guidance and case limits
The summary refers to IRAS’s taxable/non-taxable corporate-income webpage for factors used to determine whether a trade is carried on. This ruling binds only the applicant and specified transaction; it is not binding precedent for similar cases and is not updated for later legislative or interpretation changes. Apply the factual analysis rather than treating the published outcome as an automatic exemption.
Official source
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