Documented investments and actual works
The 1 October 2026 case concerns Singapore business Company A selling strategic investment properties to related companies in internal restructuring. Contemporaneous documents support long-term investment intent. Some properties were leased and had no supplementary work; work on self-used properties supported continued business use. A had no loan-servicing obligations and held the properties seven to eighteen years.
Six-factor capital conclusion
IRAS rules the gains capital and outside income tax under section 10(1). It considers acquisition intention, use since acquisition, holding period, sale circumstances, supplementary works and financing together. Work done to sustain business use is distinguished from facts about the leased properties; the summary does not say every renovation indicates property trading.
No automatic holding-period exemption
Seven to eighteen years is the factual range, not a rule that seven years guarantees exemption. The summary points to general trade-determination factors and binds only the specified applicant/transaction. Similar cases need their own analysis; IRAS does not update the summary for later legal or interpretative changes.
Official source
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