Leaving Singapore nicely: 2 scenarios
Your company will estimate any part-year tax liability and with-hold it from your salary. This happened to me. They calculated it wrongly/low, and they were made to pay the additional sum. I was...
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But the 5% ABSD for PRs buying HDB is really unfair. This will for sure drive out most foreign talent who are .....
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after a strange turn of events, her S Pass just got the in principle approval letter. Coming in to singapore at the end of this month. After more than a year of trying, we finally succeeded! sorry to...
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Hahaha The guy that they had here before was Indian (so I am told by my co-workers, not any official word from management). He really liked the girls. Lucky for me he could not keep his hands to...
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I can do maths. My point was that an extra 5% is not a huge amount for those looking to buy for the long term given that, in time, it will all even out to a few cents per day extra. Removing...
View ArticleLeaving Singapore nicely: 2 scenarios
Your company will estimate any part-year tax liability and with-hold it from your salary. This happened to me. They calculated it wrongly/low, and they were made to pay the additional sum. I was...
View ArticleLeaving Singapore nicely: 2 scenarios
I'm not going to break the law. I want to understand the worst scenario.
View ArticleLeaving Singapore nicely: 2 scenarios
Your company will estimate any part-year tax liability and with-hold it from your salary. This happened to me. They calculated it wrongly/low, and they were made to pay the additional sum. I was...
View ArticleNew property cooling measures
But the 5% ABSD for PRs buying HDB is really unfair. This will for sure .....
View ArticleNew property cooling measures
But the 5% ABSD for PRs buying HDB is really unfair. This will for sure .....
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You might also just want to speak to the landlord, perhaps he / she is willing to bring in some furniture for you (at a raised rental cost typically). Or did they refuse this already? Otherwise would...
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When I moved here many moons ago, the advice from local contacts was to set up a Pte. Ltd. as a subsidiary of the HQ company, given that the process is incredibly simple, quick and inexpensive....
View ArticleLeaving Singapore nicely: 2 scenarios
Your company will estimate any part-year tax liability and with-hold it from your salary. This happened to me. They calculated it wrongly/low, and they were made to pay the additional sum. I was...
View ArticleNew property cooling measures
Stamp Duty is a tax on mobility that reduces liquidity in the market, and fuels price rise with higher taxes. Shouldn't absense of liquidity premium bring the price down?
View ArticleNew property cooling measures
Stamp Duty is a tax on mobility that reduces liquidity in the market, and fuels price rise with higher taxes. Shouldn't absense of liquidity premium bring the price down?
View ArticleLeaving Singapore nicely: 2 scenarios
The other aspect to this, which I would argue is the most important for your self esteem, is to and meet your obligations. I for one am sick of hearing of people who leave Singapore owing money to...
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Parenting is not one of those events where you can sign up for 3 months probationary period and if it is not for you, you can quit. Once you pop out the baby, you are stuck for life :P . Maternal...
View ArticleWorking from Singapore for a foreign-based company
When I moved here many moons ago, the advice from local contacts was to set up a Pte. Ltd. as a subsidiary of the HQ company, given that the process is incredibly simple, quick and inexpensive....
View ArticleNew property cooling measures
Stamp Duty is a tax on mobility that reduces liquidity in the market, and fuels price rise with higher taxes. Shouldn't absense of liquidity premium bring the price down? No, because you tend to have...
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