Fundamentals of Corporate Tax - 80th Run


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Date:
27 May 2025, Tuesday

Time:
09.00AM - 05.00PM
Venue:
Carlton Hotel
76 Bras Basah Road
Singapore 189558

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Programme Synopsis

With an emphasis on tax planning, the Fundamentals of Corporate Tax workshop by Takx Solutions is crafted to help participants review the fundamentals of Singapore corporate tax concepts and mechanisms and learn to apply them successfully in their everyday business. Practical examples, illustrations and case studies will be used to enable participants to relate and apply to real-life tax situations.

Programme Outline

A Highlight of Key Areas:

Overview of Singapore Taxation System
  • Introduction to Singapore income tax system

Administration Matters
  • Administration and assessment procedures
  • Offences, penalties and appeals procedures
  • Objections and appeals

Taxation Concepts
  • The charging section
  • Badges of trade
  • Income vs capital and source of income

Prohibition and Deductibility of Expenses
  • General rules of deductibility of expenses
  • Further deductions

Capital Allowances on Plant & Machinery
  • Meaning of plant and machinery
  • s.19 and s.19A
  • Industrial building allowances

Losses and Capital Allowances
  • Carry forward of unutilised losses and capital allowances
  • Carry back of unutilised losses and capital allowances
  • Group relief

Withholding Tax

Double Taxation Relief

Pro Forma Tax Computation

Basic Tax Planning

About the Presenter(s)/ Trainer(s)


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Mr Lim Lian Soon
FCA (Singapore), FCPA (Aust), FCCA (UK), ATA, MSID



Mr Lim Lian Soon is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA), Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) since 1985 and a Fellow of Certified Public Accountants of Australia since 2004. He is also a Member of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) and the Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals (SCTP).

Mr Lim is a Director of CA TrustTaxation Pte Ltd and Senior Consultant of CA Trust PAC. He was the CEO of a Singapore listed company for 3 years. He was also running a public accounting practice for more than 10 years. Mr Lim is is also involved in the areas of corporate recovery and insolvency.

Mr Lim is very active in academia. He has been regularly giving lectures and seminars in areas of audit, finance and taxation since 1975 at various educational organisations, including ISCA and SAICSA and in-house training for various government agencies, statutory boards and private entities.  On the community service front, Mr Lim had served in various committees in ISCA, ACCA, ITE, etc.  He had also served as a Chief Examiner for a professional body and is currently on the Academic Board of the Singapore Accountancy Academy. 

In addition, he has been appointed workshop facilitator and technical reviewer for the Singapore QP.








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