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Singapore imposes tax on a** territorial basis**. Tax is imposed on all income accruing in or derived from Singapore and all foreign income remitted or deemed remitted to Singapore in the preceding year, subject to certain exceptions.
新加坡按属地原则征税。除个别情况外,发生于或来源于新加坡的收入,以及在上一年汇回或被视为汇回新加坡的海外收入,都需纳税。
哪些收入被被新加坡视为境外所得?
Foreign income remittances in the form of dividends, branch profits and services income to resident companies are exempt from tax, provided the income is received from a foreign jurisdiction with a headline tax rate of at least 15 percent in the year the income is received or deemed received in Singapore and the income has been subject to tax in the foreign jurisdiction.
境外所得如果以股息、分支机构利润或者服务费的形式汇回或者被视同汇回给居民企业,需要缴纳新加坡所得税,但是如果该所得在海外需要缴纳所得税,而且在汇回或者被视同汇回的年度在海外适用的标准所得税税率至少为15%,则可以享受新加坡的税务豁免。
Foreign income that has been exempt from tax in the foreign jurisdiction as a direct result of a tax incentive granted for substantive business operations carried out in that jurisdiction will be considered as having met the “subject to tax” test.
如果境外所得在当地免税,但免税是直接由于在当地从事了实质性经营活动而可享受的税收优惠,同样会被认定是满足“在海外应税”测试。
根据上述条文,在两种情况下,新加坡公司可以避免被双重征税:
1. 如果该所得在海外需要缴纳所得税,而且在汇回或者被视同汇回的年度在海外适用的标准所得税税率至少为15%,则可以享受新加坡的税务豁免。
2. 直接由于在当地从事了实质性经营活动而可享受的税收优惠,同样会被认定是满足“在海外应税”测试。
新加坡的离岸收入,要求比较严格,如果交易在新加坡境外发生,但是贸易产生的款项进入新加坡的话,则也是需要在新加坡交税。款项进入新加坡,不仅是指现金直接进入新加坡,也包括了偿还债务,购买固定资产进入新加坡等形式。
香港的离岸收入,只要一项交易整个过程(从寻找买家到完成交易)均在香港以外地区发生,在香港是不用交税的。现金的收付可以通过香港的银行,但是不可以通过香港银行进行和贸易相关的融资等活动。