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Singapore is a hub for businesses, and being an employer or an employee here comes with its perks that these working individuals can take advantage of. But, along with benefits, there also comes a significant amount of liabilities such as tax liability.
E.g., IR21 is one of the many forms that come into play and needs to be filled at a certain point in time while dealing with filing taxes. Also, not being able to fulfill these legal requirements may lead to fines and additional problems.
We at Odint Consulting are here to tell you exactly what you need to know to be aware of the IR21 form. We will explain what the form does, why, and when you may come across and submit it.
The IR21 form is not a big obligation that needs to be filled every year. The form is required by an employer.
It comes into use for an employer when one of their foreign employees or employees who are permanent residents in Singapore sign a contract overseas, leave the country for at least more than three months or leave the organization.
When a situation like this occurs, it is the IRAS or Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore that needs the employer to legally seek clearance for the absence of an employee by filing the IR21 form.
Although, that’s not the extent of it all. While an employer fills the IR21 form, he/she is also liable to withhold the monetary funds that are initiated because of the employee in question for tax clearance.
It could be said that the IR21 is more or less a process for tax clearance. It is a process for the holders of Work Pass who somehow have to leave their geographical posting in Singapore. The only catch is that the employer needs to do the filing and seek clearance.
With the help of IR21, the Singaporean government keeps foreign tax defaulters in check. It makes it impossible for foreign employees who are tax defaulters to flee to their countries without clearing their tax dues.
According to the laws in Singapore, every employer must require IR21 to notify the inland revenue authority of Singapore at least one month before their employees leave.
IR21 is mainly for non-resident employees of Singapore. But this includes other individuals also. Except the following categories are required to file IR21 in Singapore as they are only required to submit employee’s employment incomes to IRAS through the form IR8A and AIS (auto inclusion schemes): –
IR21 is required to file by the categories mentioned above at least one month before the following-
IR21 is filled by employers on behalf of their employees 1 month before their departure. You can file IR21 by following the procedure given below-
When the clearance directive is like a directive to pay tax, then you are required to pay the amount within 10 days to IRAS. And in another case, you will receive a notification and pay all the dues of your employee.
When an employee does not file IR21 within a reasonable period without having a valid reason, then he is required to pay $1000 as the fee for late filing or non-filing IR21.
We have learned about IR21 and all the little details one needs to know to be aware of when is the right time to act on the above-mentioned tax liability. Odint Consulting provides you with all the necessary information you need to be financially aware of and carry out your businesses in foreign countries like Singapore.
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The form has to be declared by filling it up online on the myTaxPortal or paper by downloading, then filling the form, sending it to the IRAS.
The form can be filled or downloaded by heading over to the online myTaxPortal on IRAS and signing in with the CorpPass credentials of the company. When in, the employer has to fill in the legal monetary figures of the employee while he/she is away from the local posting.
The TCC or Tax Clearance Certificate is a document issued by SARS acknowledging that an applicant has his/her tax issues in order.
It is required by any business to render or tender for offering a particular service. The clearance certificate is only valid for a year from the issue date.
Being compliant with tax liabilities is beneficial for any working citizen or a business. It is required to portray a good standing while applying for a foreign investment tender or emigration purposes.
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