Thursday, February 22, 2018

Singapore GST to Rise an Extra 2% in 2020

Heng Swee Keat, Singapore’s Finance Minister, has announced that there are plans for the goods and services tax to rise two more percent to 9% from 2020-2025. He commented that the increase will be a progressive one. The tax will be applied to goods and services in Singapore and other imports worth over $300 USD.

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The GST increase will be implemented to close the “gap” for future expenditure on infrastructure, spending, healthcare etc. The apparent two percent increases will boost revenues to 0.7% of the GDP and help to close the gap. The increased rate will take effect when the state of the economy is at its prime.

The increased GST will be applied to public schooling, healthcare, aid to lower income households and seniors. Singaporeans will be offered an offset package to help adjust to the increased rate. There are still discussions on how the import of goods will be dealt with. 

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