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Singapore Advance Ruling on the Treatment of Subordinated Perpetual Securities as Debt Securities and Treatment of Distributions as Interest Payments

|Approved Changes|Singapore
Singapore

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has published Advance Ruling Summary No. 21/2025 on whether subordinated perpetual securities will be regarded as debt securities and whether distributions payable on the securities will be regarded as deductible interest payments.

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Advance Ruling Summary No. 21/2025

1. Subject:

Whether:

a. The subordinated perpetual securities (the "Securities") will be regarded as "debt securities" for the purpose of Section 43H(4) of the Income Tax Act…

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