FOREIGN MAID LEVY (Tax exemption for single fathers)
Parliament of Singapore · 26 February 1993 · 8th Parliament
Official Report, 26 February 1993, Vol 60, Issue 6 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
The following Question stood in the name of Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon -
Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon: To ask the Minister for Finance whether he will consider extending tax exemption to single fathers in respect of the foreign maid levy.
Dr Tan Cheng Bock (Ayer Rajah): Question No. 4, Sir.
The Minister for Finance (Dr Richard Hu Tsu Tau): Mr Speaker, Sir, the tax relief for foreign maid levy was introduced with the objective of encouraging married women to join the workforce and at the same time to have children. It is not meant to help all employers of foreign maids.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 26 February 1993. Republished on SGParliament.