Announcement
25 Feb 2013
In February 2013, the government of Singapore announced a change for the labour market access of foreign workers and a targeted tax change.
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Number of interventions
4
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0 likely harmful
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List of interventions
Implementation date
01 Jul 2013
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Updated: 25 Feb 2013
Labour market access
In force
In his budget speech of 23 February 2013, the Deputy Prime Minister announced a number of migration policies. One of them were "selective further Dependency Ratio Ceiling (DRC) cuts f...
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Implementation date
01 Apr 2013
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Updated: 25 Feb 2013
Tax or social insurance relief
In force
On 25 February 2013, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, held the 2013 budget speech in the Singaporean parliament. Among the biggest changes was the introdu...
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Implementation date
25 Feb 2013
Revocation date:
31 Dec 2015
Updated: 25 Feb 2013
Local content incentive
On 25 February 2013, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, held the 2013 budget speech in the Singaporean parliament. Among the biggest changes was the introduction...
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Implementation date
25 Feb 2013
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Updated: 25 Feb 2013
Financial grant
In force
On 25 February 2013, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, also announced the Productivity and Innovation Credit Bonus with a total budget of SGP 450 million (...
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