Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

3-2018

Abstract

The new additional conveyance duties regime has gone beyond attempting to achieve tax neutrality between direct transfers of residential property and indirect transfers through the use of property-holding entities. It taxes an entirely new tax base and raises issues such as: the extremely broad concept of an “associate” relationship; definition of “unit in a property trust”; anti-avoidance provisions; liability for providing false information; tax neutrality; and the considerable flexibility that the section 23 Order provides the Government. This article analyses the regime in detail and considers the implications of various changes to the prescribed values in the section 23 Order.

Discipline

Asian Studies | Banking and Finance Law

Research Areas

Corporate, Finance and Securities Law; Private Law

Publication

Singapore Academy of Law Journal

Volume

30

First Page

119

Last Page

148

ISSN

0218-2009

Publisher

Singapore Academy of Law

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