IRAS updates e-Tax Guide ‘GST: Approved Refiner and Consolidator Scheme (ARCS)’

20 February 2014

On 17 February 2014, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) published the third edition of the e-Tax Guide ‘GST: Approved Refiner and Consolidator Scheme (ARCS)’. The first and second editions were published on 3 September 2012 and 29 April 2013 respectively.

In the third edition, paragraph 8 has been re-organized (see table below) and paragraphs 11.1 to 11.3 from the second edition have been moved into paragraph 8. A new paragraph 8.18, incorporating paragraphs 8.4 and 8.5 from the second edition, has also been added to explain the legislative changes on repayment of tax under ARCS with effective from 1 January 2014.

Paragraph number in the third edition

Paragraph number in the second edition

8.1

8.1

8.2

8.6

8.3

8.7

8.4

8.8

8.5

8.9

8.6

8.10

8.7

8.11

8.8

8.12

8.9

8.13

8.10

8.14

8.11

8.15

8.12

8.16

8.13

8.2

8.14

8.3

8.15

11.1

8.16

11.2

8.17

11.3

8.18 (new)

Incorporates paragraphs 8.4 and 8.5 from the second edition

The updated e-Tax Guide is available on the IRAS website.

Source: Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore