21 February 2012

On 7 February 2012, an exclusive invitation only breakfast briefing on withholding taxes was organised by CCH Asia Pte Limited with noted speaker, Mr Sivakumar Saravan from Crowe Horwath First Trust Tax. CCH Asia Limited is a publisher of tax, accounting, legal, HR and business information for professionals for over a century.

Topics discussed included types of payments subject to withholding tax, penalties from failure to deduct withholding tax, the application of the correct withholding tax rate, local exemptions and concessionary rates, Singapore’s DTAs and domestic withholding taxes and DTA interaction.

Through the insights and strategies shared by Sivakumar,  participants  of the seminar gained an understanding of the  tax law applicable to the withholding tax requirements and ways to benefit from the relevant reliefs.

Excerpts of the events can be viewed here.

Presentation:

 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAcY8dm5jQ&feature=related