FT Asia-Pacific equities

Singapore’s stock exchange hits 20-year low in listed companies
Regulator aims to encourage more listings to stem trend of companies opting for US IPOs

www.ft.com/content/bd40562e-1414-485e-9a3a-b2980d7a3d4e

Hehe OCBC run up 4% today.

REITs in a sea of red...

In a world where government can't stop printing money, best to stick to good old banks. Rain or shine, the money middlemen collect their "tolls"

SG Banks report by The Edge MY today (PDF page 6 and 7)

https://ceomorningbrief.theedgemalaysia.com...m=&utm_content=

Bloomberg Newsletter | Singapore Edition

Cars, Property Are Rising in Singapore as Year of the Snake Nears

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/...d=homepage-asia

RTS coming -> spend in JB earn in SG lol

https://johor.sinchew.com.my/news/20250113/johor/6217351

Retailers in SG brace for wave of impact with people flouting to JB for cheap spending

Old news by now, but still worth knowing:

UK activist investor Palliser takes protest against Great Eastern takeover to MAS, SGX
FT report cites Palliser criticising OCBC offer as ‘gravely unfair’ to shareholders

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-...akeover-mas-sgx

DBS shareholders alert

Bloomberg Markets

Alliance Bank’s Top Shareholder Vertical Theme Is Said to Consider Sale to DBS
Vertical Theme could seek approval for talks in coming weeks
Malaysian firm holds a stake of about 29% in Alliance Bank

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202...der-sale-to-dbs

OCBC down 7-8%

Time to enter!

This post has been edited by TOS2: Apr 7 2025, 09:08 AM

Did you bring the dividends from SG back into Malaysia? If not, then no need to declare.

Err which form are you referring to?

Part E of the BE form should have 3 lines available:

Ah yes, you should fill in part K not part E sorry...

Park E is for non-exempted source of foreign income received here.

This post has been edited by TOS2: Apr 14 2025, 10:34 AM

In that case, you just fill in according to country, so you aggregate the dividends from OCBC, DBS, SREITs etc. into one line - Country is Singapore.

Let me fill in everything for you except the amount.

Country (Use country code)	SGP
Type of income *	b) Dividends
Tax paid in the country of origin (1 = Yes 2 = No)	2
Headline tax rate in the country of origin (%)	17%
Amount of tax charged in the country of origin (RM)	0
Amount of income remitted (RM)	Fill in yourself

Country (Use country code)	HKG
Type of income *	b) Dividends
Tax paid in the country of origin (1 = Yes 2 = No)	2
Headline tax rate in the country of origin (%)	Corporations: 16.5, Unincorporated businesses: 15
Amount of tax charged in the country of origin (RM)	0
Amount of income remitted (RM)	Fill in yourself

*If you also earn interests from bank deposits in SG or HK, remember to include them as well. Type of income will change to “b) Dividends and c) Interests”.

This post has been edited by TOS2: Apr 14 2025, 10:46 AM

Part K has 4 lines.

One jurisdiction per row/line.

Line 1 HKG, Line 2 SGP, Line 3 ... etc.

This post has been edited by TOS2: Apr 14 2025, 11:01 AM

Err you are filling for 2024 tax returns right?

Wife is "residential individual, does not carry on business" yea?

Your form should look like the one here, yes? https://www.hasil.gov.my/en/forms/download-...form-individual

Err I don't know about that. e-BE form should be universal for everyone, right? You fill up through the mytax portal? https://mytax.hasil.gov.my/

Ah then I could not help out. I don't file taxes on MY side. Maybe you can drop by LHDN with wife and fill up everything on their PC with guidance from officials in real time.

At least that's what my parents did back then, save time and avoid issues in the future. Kind LHDN officials can even teach you on tricks to save taxes! (e.g. split certain income/profits to 50% husband 50% wife to lower tax rate etc.)