Why revenue is collected and how to identify it
All 20 FAQs explain more timely economic policy data through existing frequent GST returns rather than extra surveys. Nonregistered businesses supply data through ECI, annual tax returns and statistics surveys. Revenue is the main operating income in the profit-and-loss account, including goods/services and other operating income; exclude fixed-asset disposals, grants and gross amounts collected for others. Use audited or unaudited accounts, or best estimate if not ready. Newly incorporated businesses can consult their accountant for the source figure.
Mandatory field, estimates and accounting-period alignment
Revenue is mandatory from February 2009. The source names F5 Box 13 and historical F7 Box 15; check the live correction form’s current field rather than assume old numbering persists. Unfinished accounts do not justify extension: file on time with best estimate. Revenue need not equal Box 4 total supplies, and follows profit-and-loss recognition rather than GST time-of-supply rules, but covers the same reporting period. The April–June 2009 example uses revenue for those three months. No sales or only capital-asset sales can produce zero revenue.
Corrections alongside other GST errors
For revenue plus other errors, next-F5 correction is allowed only where net GST errors across all affected periods are no more than S$3,000 (from 1 January 2024) and each period’s total non-tax errors no more than 5% of supplies, or taxable purchases where no supplies. When using that concession, do not adjust an earlier estimated Box 13 revenue into the current period; report subsequent revenue correctly. If either threshold fails, correct all errors including revenue by F7 for affected periods.
Special taxpayers and backdated returns
Divisional registrations each report their own revenue. A registered foreign company without Singapore branch/business presence enters zero. A Singapore representative office or branch includes operating-expense reimbursements from head office and its own sales, excluding overseas headquarters/other branches’ revenue. Nonprofits report goods/services sales, excluding fundraising, pure donations and grants/subsidies. Sole proprietors combine main income from all their sole-proprietorship businesses. Backdated registration returns enter zero revenue rather than reconstructing it under this source’s concession.
Official source
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