SCTP: The Core and Crux of 2024’s Singapore Tax Cases (In-Person)


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Recommended: Gain insights on the notable tax cases of 2024 and their implications for taxpayers
Date:
26 March 2025, Wednesday

Closing date: 19 March 2025, Wednesday or when spaces are filled

Time:
09.30AM - 12.30PM

Registration starts at 9:00am

Venue:
room2F
Bras Basah Complex #04-07
231 Bain Street
Singapore 180231

CPE Hours (Income Tax):

2 hour(s)

CPE Hours (GST):

1 hour(s)

SILE Public CPD Points:
3
Practice Area:
Tax
Training Category:
Intermediate
Fees:
(w/GST): $86.11 (SCTP/ ISCA Member); $129.71 (Association Member); $174.40 (Non-Member)
Contact:
Contact Anna (+(65) 6360 5979), Nabila (+(65) 6360 5969) or enquiry@sctp.org.sg
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Programme Synopsis

This is an SILE-accredited activity.
Participants who wish to obtain CPD Points are reminded that they must comply strictly with the Attendance Policy set out in the CPD Guidelines. For this activity, this includes signing in on arrival and signing out at the conclusion of the activity in the manner required by the organiser, and not being absent from the entire activity for more than 15 minutes. Participants who do not comply with the Attendance Policy will not be able to obtain CPD Points for attending the activity. Please refer to http://www.sileCPDcentre.sg for more information.

The year 2024 provided us with tax cases covering both perennial and novel issues. Even with case laws as references, classic topics such as (i) capital allowance claims for plant and machinery, (ii) assessing whether gains are of an income nature and taxable or (iii) the scope of anti-avoidance provisions continue to punctuate the tax disputes scene in 2024.

Why is this so? What was different in 2024's cases? What new factors should be noted in 2024's cases? Further, decisions were made on novel issues such as the first prosecution case for unauthorised collection of GST.  

Join Accredited Tax Advisor (Income Tax) Mr Allen Tan, Principal, Mr Jeremiah Soh, Local Principal, Mr Shawn Joo, Senior Associate and Mr Clinston Chiok, Associate at Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow, as they dissect the various controversies, give their insights on the cases, as well as share what these mean to you and your clients.

Programme Outline

Know the tax areas that were in the spotlight in 2024 and understand the implications that these decisions will have on future cases. 

Income Tax
  • Understand the application of Section 19A of the Income Tax Act (ITA) and High Court’s clarification on the “ZF factors” in determining if an asset is “plant or machinery” or “building or structure” in Changi Airport Group v CIT
  • Learn more on the application of the “three-stage AQQ test” in the context of Section 33 of the ITA in the case of GIP v CIT
  • Appreciate the scope and applicable test when ascertaining if a gain is taxable under Section 10(1)(g) of the ITA in the case of GIO v CIT
Goods & Services Tax 
  • Comprehend the sentencing matrix for the first prosecution case for unauthorised collection of GST under Section 64A of the GST Act in PP v Vijay Kumar Muvva
Stamp Duty
  • Consider the admissibility implications of an unstamped instrument in Lian Hoe Leong & Brothers Pte. Ltd. v Texas Petrochemical Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.

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About the Facilitator(s)


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Mr Allen Tan
Principal
Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow
Accredited Tax Advisor (Income Tax) & Accredited Tax Practitioner (GST)


Allen has extensive experience working on both international and local tax issues, with special focus on regional tax aspects of the transactions he is involved in. His practice includes advising clients on tax issues arising from mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, transfer pricing, indirect taxes, transfer taxes, tax controversies, foreign direct investment and cross-border tax planning issues.

A board member of the Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals, Allen is also a regular speaker at various established tax conferences. He is ranked as a Band 1 lawyer in Chambers Asia Pacific for his tax controversy and corporate tax work and in many other leading legal and tax directories. 

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Mr Jeremiah Soh
Local Principal
Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow
 


Jeremiah is a Local Principal with the Tax and Trade practice group at Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow and has practised tax law for over 10 years. 

Jeremiah has assisted taxpayers in appeals before all levels of Singapore courts on complex and novel issues of tax law in several reported decisions. He is also experienced in tax advisory and consultancy work, having advised various domestic and multinational companies on a broad range of domestic and cross-border tax issues, particularly in the realm of business restructurings and legal entity rationalisations. Jeremiah has also been recognised as a Rising Star for Tax in the Legal 500.

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Mr Shawn Joo
Senior Associate
Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow


Shawn is a Senior Associate with the Tax and Trade practice group at  Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow. Shawn’s areas of practice encompass tax advisory and tax dispute resolution. He advises clients on a wide range of tax issues across the major tax types and has appeared before the tax tribunals, the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Prior to joining practice, Shawn was a Senior Legal Specialist in the Litigation branch of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore and he acted for the tax authority in several notable tax disputes. Shawn also held a concurrent portfolio as a Principal Tax Officer in the Advance Rulings Team of the Corporate Tax Division for more than a year, where he issued tax rulings for the tax authority on various corporate tax issues. 

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Mr Clinston Chiok
Associate
Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow


Clinston is an Associate with the Tax and Trade practice group at Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow, with a focus on the tax dispute resolution and tax advisory practice.

He has experience advising various companies, including multinational technology companies, publicly-listed organisations, as well as leading consumer goods & retail companies on a range of tax issues (both in the dispute resolution and advisory context) arising from cross-border tax planning, corporate restructuring and mergers & acquisitions.

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This is an SILE-accredited activity.
 
 
 


 








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