Can the post-tax company profits be transferred to shareholders overseas?
Post-tax company profit distribution to shareholders is normally referred as dividend income. As far as Singapore is concerned, dividends can be repatriated to shareholders’ anywhere without any further tax consequences. Whether the dividend income is taxable in the overseas shareholders’ country would depend on the domestic tax laws of that country and the tax treaty between Singapore and the partcular country in question.
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