Transfer and incentive facts
Published 2 June 2026, A carries on Singapore sales, marketing, import/export and packaging. It swaps all related foreign B shares for shares in new Singapore New Company in YA T. A enjoys Part 4 EEI Act incentive, but holding/disposal of related-company shares is not a qualifying activity. It is a relevant-group non-PEHE with qualified experienced local people managing/performing operations, local decision makers and expected local expenditure over symbolic S$Z in financial X.
Two different exclusions
10L(8)(c) covers non-IP foreign disposals as part/incidental to activities earning Part 2/3/4 EEI exempt/concessionary income in the relevant YA. A fails because its sale is outside qualifying activities. Independently it meets paragraph (b) 10L(16) economic substance and 10L(8)(d) excluded-entity status in the disposal period, so remitted/deemed-remitted gain is not taxed under 10(1)(g). Incentive denial does not erase the independent substance route.
Period, guidance and limits
The ruling extends to A’s foreign-asset disposals in YA T–T+4 basis periods; T/X/Z are anonymised, not public thresholds. Third-edition foreign-asset guide 7/7.2 addresses incentive activities, 8/8.7–8.9 non-PEHE substance in disposal periods. Only the applicant/transaction is bound and summaries are not updated for subsequent tax-law/interpretation changes.
Official source
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