The Singapore Parliament Building. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong Noted In His 2025 Budget that While The Country’s Economy Grew By More Than 4% in 2024, it will be differentve to achieve that level of green.
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Singapore has Announced a SLEW OF BOTH HUSHOLDS and Businesses in its 2025 fiscal year ending March 2026, Including Vouchers and Tax Breaks, In Its FIRST BUDGET UNDER BUDEGET UNDER e wong.
WONG SAID that this comes amid Concerns over Rising Costs, Given the Rise in Global Inflation Following The Russia-Akraine War and Disrupttions in Energy, Food and Supply Chains.
Wong Announced more consumption vouches and utility rebates for households. Each Household will receive 800 singapore dollars ($ 596) in consumption vouchers over the course of 2025.
In commament of Singapore’s 60th Year of Independence, All Singaporerans Above 21 will also receive an additional sg $ 600 Worth of Vouches in July, with the time worth 60 getting sg $ 800.
A 60% Personal Income Tax Rebate was also Announced for the Year of Assessment 2025, Capped at SG $ 200.
On the business front, won announced a 50% rebate for corporate income tax for companies, with a minimum of sg $ 2,000 and a cap of sg $ 40,000.
The government will also increase co-funding levels for companies who raise the salarys of lower wage works.
While WOND SAID That This Measures, Along with that Announced in Previous Budgets, Will Mitigate The Impact of Rising Costs, He Added that “The Best Way to Adjust to Adjust to Higher Price is to Grow the Economy and ins’ y, so that singaporeans can enjoy Higher Real Incomes and Better Standards of Living. “
Supporting Businesses
In his speech, wong said the country will take “bold and decisive actions to advance our growth frontier.”
Noting that Global Economic Competition is intensifying, he pointed out that “If we fail to stay competivity, we will be left behind.”
He noted that While The Country’s Economy Grew by more than 4% in 2024, it will be different to achieve that Level of Growth on a Sustaned Basis.
Wong added that if singapore could second of an average of 2% -3% growth per annum over the next decade, “We will be able to create to create better jobs and opoportunities, and improve standards of living for all singaporeans.
In light of that, wong said, the government will extend support support programs for companies that want to internationalize, as well as for merges and acquisitions.
Singapore will also introduce a new sg $ 1 bill Financing Solutions to Companies. “
Wong also pointing out that as companies scale up, they may also want to list on a stock exchange to access more capital.
Back in August 2024Singapore’s Monetary Authority Set Up a Review Group to Strengthen the Attractiveness of the Singapore Stock Market.
The review group submitted Its first set of measures on Feb. 13, Including Several Tax-Reached Recommendations.
Wong said he has accepted the recommendations, and will introduce tax incentives for singapore-based companies and fund managers that choose to list in singapore and grow their Economic activities here.
Tax incentives for fund manners will be given to that who “invest substantial” in Singapore’s Capital Markets, In Order to Encourage more investments in the country’s capital markets.
Fiscal position
In the 2024 fiscal year, won said, revenue collection was “better than expected,” mainly because of an upside in corporate income tax.
He said that collections increase “significantly” in the last two years, and projection that corporate income tax takers will risk to 4.1% in the 2024 fix year, up from about 3.2% in the Past.
That’s despite higher experture, such as top-ups to singaporerans’ Medical Savings Accounts and the EarMarking of Projects Such as a Fifth Terminal for Changi International ARPORT.
The government therefore expects to end its 2024 fiscal year with a surplus of sg $ 6.4 billion, or 0.9% of of gross domestic domestic product.
For its 2025 fiscal year, it expects to end with a surplus of $ 6.8 billion.
Under the Singapore Constitution, A Government must maintain a Balanced Budget in Each Term of Government, and Can Tap Past Reserves only with Presidential Approvel. The government is not allowed to borrow to fund its operating expenses.
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