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Singapore Budget 2008

Singapore Budget 2008 – Get the big picture with us

Minister for Finance and Minister for Education Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam has delivered the 2008 Singapore Budget Speech.

Read our signature Budget Synopsis 2008 – your quintessential guide to understanding and analyzing the Budget announcements. Gain insights into the tax topics that were shared at our full-day Budget Seminar, including changes to the corporate and personal taxes, managing tax controversy and discussions on IRAS circulars and recent tax cases.

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Singapore Budget 2008 synopsis

We have issued our signature Singapore Budget 2008 synopsis - a high quality publication with detailed analyses.

  • Click here to download your personal copy.
  • Click here for archived version of Singapore Budget 2007 synopsis.
Budget Seminar 2008

Our full-day Budget Seminar was held on 22 February 2008 at the Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre. Our Tax Leadership shared their insights into an array of tax topics including changes to the corporate and personal income taxes arising from the Budget announcement, managing controversy when the taxman calleth, as well as discussions on IRAS circulars and lessons from recent tax cases. Special guest speaker Dr Tan Khee Giap, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies Office & Associate Professor of Banking & Finance, NTU also shared his economic analysis of the Budget.

  • Click here to download the presentation slides.
  • Click here to download Dr Tan Khee Giap’s commentary.
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