i started worked at september 1 2015, and resign at december 2015. And i didn't not continue work at 2016.
and i already left job and return home.

I read the iras website, it state that employer should files tax clearance ir21 after employee notice them that employee would like to resign.

My situation is like this, i submit my resignation letter to my ex-employer at 30.11.2015 and my employer directly told me they dont want me to work extra 1 month(notice period). Around few week ago, i received ir8a form from my employer for my tax submission so i email iras about whether i have to pay income tax and how to pay. The iras told me my employer failed to submit ir21 form, now require me to pay tax clearance.

May i know is tax clearance is different from tax income?


and my ex-employer filed the ir8a form section "Employee income tax borne by employer " like this. Am i still pay my income tax/clearance tax myself?

Anyone can help me   , i try talk to iras via email, but the representation keep circling my question...

i started worked at september 1 2015, and resign at december 2015. And i didn't not continue work at 2016.
and i already left job and return home.

I read the iras website, it state that employer should files tax clearance ir21 after employee notice them that employee would like to resign.

My situation is like this, i submit my resignation letter to my ex-employer at 30.11.2015 and my employer directly told me they dont want me to work extra 1 month(notice period). Around few week ago, i received ir8a form from my employer for my tax submission so i email iras about whether i have to pay income tax and how to pay. The iras told me my employer failed to submit ir21 form, now require me to pay tax clearance.

May i know is tax clearance is different from tax income?


and my ex-employer filed the ir8a form section "Employee income tax borne by employer " like this. Am i still pay my income tax/clearance tax myself?

Anyone can help me   , i try talk to iras via email, but the representation keep circling my question...

Maybe anyone who's working in HR in SG can shed some light on what they are looking for when they are hiring foreigners for HR positions. That would be much appreciated so that I can work on improving myself to be more marketable in SG job market. 

The approved qualification should based on BEM's call as washington accord is there, as long BEM say ok, no way SG do not recognize, is like slapping BEM.

i do heard one way malaysia PE can recognize in SG - project based. means he or the M&E firm in malaysia is the appointed PE by a SG project. So, his PE is recognized by here, but only for that specific project..... but after the project finished, basically he cant practise his PE here anymore. Meanwhile, the example u given, i nvr really heard of it before..... but a bit weird, if it is easy for Malaysia PE to be recognize here, SG local PE sure die, malaysia PE sure charge little fees, while convert back to Ringgit still can earn a lot, meanwhile local PE sure cannot win this price war 

Sounds like many engineers here. Are you guys working in consultancy?

Speaking of Fundamental Engineering Exam, who is going to sit for it this year?
https://www.peb.gov.sg/Downloads/FEE2016.pdf
I think they just release the tentative date for the exam.

On BEM transfer to PE Board - I am quoting from my Fren's Boss who is a PE , reason is SG PE board recognize the fundamentals and experience accumulated ( that's the reason why BEM is listed as accredited org ), they may scrutinize the years of practice so if insufficient have to log up the project in SG, an interview would be require to finalized it .
* In short those exams can be skip , experience evaluated if recognize then proceed if not have to accumulate with projects in SG , then interview.

Good luck hahahaha its a fun exam. Anyway, can PM me if you want to know more for civil exams and route.

Guys,
Is there any limit to amount of SGD cash that we can bring in to SG?

Afraid if over that limit will be tax by SG Customs upon arrival...

Please advise.

There is no limit but I think you have to declare If above 30k sgd

There is no limit but I think you have to declare If above 30k sgd

Thanks bro...

Got my IPA and SATA to go in for medical check-up.

Need to bring in some cash to open account and deposit for rooms...

Btw, do you guys normally exchange at the bank itself or at the money changer shop?

Which more worth it?

Not 10k or 20k? I remember not 30k so high eh
Bank confirm lower. Just change at money changer.

Hi all, anyone dealt with a circumstances where second generation PR, had been call to serve NS halfway during form5 studies in malaysia? if he go in NS now he would had forfeit his SPM this year.

(because SG student already complete their O level at 16 years old so they are oblige to serve NS at 16.5 years old)

i know its out of topic from this thread but i hope anyone who had dealt with this or heard this kind of situations happened before can shed some light to me.

thanks in advance.

Hi all, anyone dealt with a circumstances where second generation PR, had been call to serve NS halfway during form5 studies in malaysia? if he go in NS now he would had forfeit his SPM this year.

(because SG student already complete their O level at 16 years old so they are oblige to serve NS at 16.5 years old)

i know its out of topic from this thread but i hope anyone who had dealt with this or heard this kind of situations happened before can shed some light to me.

thanks in advance.

Inform the person who called you up and try to defer it for a year? Then go after Spm if you still want to maintain your pr status.

should be able to submit to mindef for deferment since still studying.

You cannot defer for tertiary studies. Whether or not you would be allowed to defer to finish your SPM & O levels is another story (for overseas studies). If living and going to school in Singapore you can defer. My so had a 5 years deferment when he went into NAFA. But as he only stayed there for two years he lost his deferment and went into NS/Navy. That fact that you are living in Malaysia and going to school won't bode well as I'm assuming the whole family is there, but honestly I'm inclined to think, IF they allow it, it will entail the exit permits and bond route

The problem as I see it, isn't the deferment to complete N or O levels but whether it can be done while overseas, which technically it is (e.g., a different country) I know deferrals can be done IN Singapore but I don't know about outside Singapore.

Based on some SC Kids who studied overseas, this is what you need to do :


If you are between 13 and 16.5 years old (You need to apply for an exit permit if you intend to travel or remain overseas for 3 months or longer. If you are remaining overseas for 2 years or longer, your parents/guardians will also need to furnish a bond, in the form of a Banker's Guarantee of S$75,000 or 50% of the combined annual gross income of both parents for the preceding year, whichever is higher.

If you are above 16.5 and have not enlisted for NS:
You need to apply for an exit permit if you intend to travel or remain overseas for 3 months or longer. Your parents/guardians will need to furnish a bond, in the form of a Banker's Guarantee of S$75,000 or 50% of the combined annual gross income of both parents for the preceding year, whichever is higher.

Nope, no person called me but a letter was send to my brother. it is not me. its my little brother.
thats what i thought of too. but seems like thats not the case.

some replies from other forum i encountered.
anyone with experiencing this kind of situation before maybe can shed some light to me ?