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Public Consultation On Draft Goods And Services (GST) (Amendment) Bill 2017

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Tax-Related (GST)

12 May 2017

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INTRODUCTION

  1. The Ministry of Finance is seeking public feedback on the draft GST (Amendment) Bill 2017.

  2. We invite you to comment on the proposed policy changes and the drafting of legislative amendments which will give effect to these policy changes. Your views on the drafting will help us improve the clarity of the legislative amendments.

SCOPE OF THE CONSULTATION

  1. The draft GST (Amendment) Bill 2017 provides for six changes to ease business compliance, clarify existing legislation or improve tax administration. The changes are:

  2. The summary table provides a brief description of the tax changes and explains the amendments to the GST Act and related subsidiary legislation.

GUIDELINES

  1. We would appreciate your participation to ensure that the consultation exercise is productive. Respondents are requested to observe these guidelines:

  2. This draft legislation is released only for the purpose of consultation and should therefore not be used for individual or business decisions as it does not represent the final legislation. All comments received during the consultation exercise will be reviewed thoroughly and if accepted, will be incorporated in the Bill for introduction in Parliament.

PERIOD OF CONSULTATION

  1. The draft GST (Amendment) Bill 2017 and the related draft subsidiary legislation are available for public consultation from 12 May to 4 June 2017. We regret that comments received after 4 June 2017 will not be considered, as they will not be in time for incorporation in the final Bill.

FEEDBACK CHANNEL

  1. We encourage all interested parties to submit your comments via our online submission form. The online submission form is the easiest and quickest way for your comments to reach us. You can also send us your comments, using the prescribed template through:

SUMMARY OF RESPONSE

  1. We will publish a summary of the main comments received on the Ministry of Finance’s website, together with our responses. The identity of respondents will not be disclosed in the summary.

DOCUMENTS TO DOWNLOAD

  1. For further reference, please click here to download the relevant documents relating to this public consultation exercise.

*Update, 4 Aug 2017: The summary of responses will be published by end September 2017.

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