As we welcome 2022, we recognise that we are not just stepping into a new year, but a new year that will be very different even from last year and which in many ways, will introduce a whole new meaning to the phrase “business as usual”.
Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals (SCTP), together with four veteran and distinguished Accredited Tax Advisors, has specially curated a complimentary panel discussion to explore and give you a better understanding of how the brave new business world, particularly the tax landscape, is evolving, and where it may be heading.
Join in this New Year discussion that promises to set you thinking about the year ahead. Walk away, better equipped as tax professionals and business leaders, with practical insights into key fiscal drivers and a heightened awareness of emerging tax issues.
Mr David SandisonPartner, Head of Tax
Grant Thornton Singapore
Accredited Tax Advisor (Income Tax)
David has over 30 years of international tax experience having practiced in the United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore. He has an impressively extensive range of clients across a vast number of industries.
Ms Evelyn LimExecutive Director, Tax Advisory
BDO Singapore
Accredited Tax Advisor (Income Tax)
Evelyn has over 18 years of experience in Singapore and international taxation. Her experience is in the areas of tax planning, tax compliance and effective tax function planning, efficient structuring of cross border transactions, mergers and acquisitions (tax due diligence and structuring) and corporate re-organisations.
She has also assisted clients in applying and negotiating with the relevant authorities for tax incentives as well as agreeing clients’ tax positions with the tax authorities.
Evelyn’s extensive experience in advising and developing tax efficient structures for inbound and outbound investments for international clients is accumulated from her years in a Big Four in Singapore and about 6 years in Beijing, China during which she provided international tax advice to both Chinese and international clients.
Mr Koh Soo HowPartner, Indirect Tax
Grant Thornton Singapore
Accredited Tax Advisor (GST)
Soo How leads Grant Thornton Singapore’s GST practice and has comprehensive knowledge and experience in indirect tax. He started his career in indirect tax with the IRAS as a senior member of the core team that introduced the GST in Singapore in 1994.
Mr Sivakumar SaravanSenior Partner
Crowe Singapore
Accredited Tax Advisor (Income Tax)
Siva is a senior partner and head of tax at Crowe Singapore. He has over 25 years of experience in tax compliance and tax consultancy work for individuals, multinationals, and financial institutions.
Siva has extensive experience in advising clients on international corporate and personal tax implications of various cross-border transactions involving the countries in the Asia Pacific region. Recently, he has been actively involved in helping digital businesses, including blockchain start-ups, understand and address the local and international tax implications of their transactions.
Siva has conducted numerous seminars to tax professionals in corporations. He is a sought-after speaker in areas such as withholding tax, permanent establishment, interpretation of tax treaties and employee taxation. He is also actively involved in contributing to the array of tax literature on Singapore taxation. He is the author of Singapore Withholding Tax Online and the book “Tax Essentials for HR Professionals, Singapore” both published by Wolters Kluwer.