Anonymous
I'm Self Employed, and using quite a significant part of my earnings in Robo Advisor, ETF & Bonds.
Wondering if any of my money used in this Investment is Income Tax exempted.
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Clarence Chua
18 Jun 2019
Financial Planning Specialist at Prudential Assurance Singapore
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Vincent Tan Wen Bin
17 Jun 2019
Assistant Vice President at Thinkers Alliance
If I understand your question correctly, what you are referring is that
Example: you earn $100k
if you invest $10k, will your taxable income be $100k or $90k.
Answer: $100k taxable income.
Investments are not allowable business expense. You can read up more here.
https://www.iras.gov.sg/irashome/Businesses/Sel...
If you would like to get tax exemptions,
Contribute to your CPF
SA contribution
SRS contribution
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Elijah Lee
17 Jun 2019
Senior Financial Services Manager at Phillip Securities (Jurong East)
If you are investing on a personal basis, any capital gains are not taxable. You need not report suc...
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If you are asking if your invested money are tax exempted or not. The answer will be they are not.
If you are asking about if the money you earned are taxable or not then it depends.
Capital gains are not taxable in singapore. Income from dividends, shares, etc are taxable too.
You may read more about it here https://www.iras.gov.sg/irashome/Individuals/Lo...
P.S. While capital gains are generally not taxable, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) will also determine if the sellers are in fact trading in properties/shares by considering factors such as frequency of transactions and the holding period of the properties/shares.
You may read a news article related here
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-c...