Tax
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Singapore
Band 2
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Provided by WongPartnership LLP
Our highly regarded Tax Practice offers clients both the breadth and depth of expertise to handle a wide spectrum of tax matters.
Our expertise covers areas such as tax planning and advice, corporate and international tax, stamp duties, goods and services tax and property tax, and extends to interdisciplinary aspects relating to accounting and valuation. On the contentious front, we have handled many appeals and cases relating to all tax types, with heightened focus on corporate and international taxation. This includes reported court decisions that are landmark cases in revenue law. We also advise on tax issues arising in debt financing, restructuring, swaps, funds, securitisations and corporate real estate deals.
Our clients hail from across many industries which include banks, insurers, funds, property developers, Real Estate Investment Trusts and Multinational Corporations. They entrust us with their submissions to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore and Ministry of Finance, and lodgement of objections to the IRAS, including acting in appeals arising to tax tribunals like the Income Tax Board of Review, GST Board of Review, Valuation Review Board and the Supreme Court.
For both transactional and contentious tax matters, our highly experienced team is ready to help our clients achieve the best possible outcomes.
Chambers Review
WongPartnership has a broad practice offering expertise in both tax advisory and disputes, with areas of focus including tax planning, stamp duty and property tax. The team leverages the firm's wider corporate, banking and real estate expertise to advise on the tax aspects of high-value transactions. The lawyers are noted for representing clients in tax inquiries and subsequent appeal cases. The firm's client roster includes Singapore-based entities as well as foreign corporations, with experience in assisting with multi-jurisdictional tax matters.
Work Highlights
- WongPartnership acted as Singapore tax counsel to Olam International on its outstanding debt capital markets obligations and its liability management exercise.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"WongPartnership provides efficient services, is well versed in its field and builds a smooth working rapport."
"They are commercially savvy and understand fully the commercial imperatives of the deal."
"WongPartnership provides efficient services, is well versed in its field and builds a smooth working rapport."
"They are commercially savvy and understand fully the commercial imperatives of the deal."
Notable Practitioners
Tan Kay Kheng is the lead partner in WongPartnership's taxation team and specialises in tax litigation. Besides his contentious practice, he also advises clients on tax-efficient transactional matters, and also practises general commercial dispute resolution.
"He is a very tenacious tax litigator."
"He is always very helpful."
Tan Shao Tong is a partner in the tax practice at WongPartnership, especially focusing on the tax aspects of M&A and capital markets transactions, including stamp duty.
"Shao Tong is quick, concise, practical and good at fielding difficult questions."
"He's great, very responsive, very smooth and can be called upon for non-standard issues."
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