Spotlight On – Singapore Budget 2022

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Singapore’s highly anticipated Budget 2022 statement on 18 February did not disappoint. Aimed at building a fairer and more resilient tax system and advancing Singapore’s climate change agenda, there was an increase in the top marginal income tax rate for individual taxpayers; property taxes for residential properties; registration fees for luxury cars; and an adjustment to carbon tax rates and use of international carbon credits. But it was probably Singapore’s consideration of a minimum effective tax rate (METR) regime that garnered the most attention, especially in the wake of Pillar Two. 

Read more about these proposals and other measures.