Singapore Exempts Duties on Hearse Imports With Certain Conditions
Singapore Customs will exempt a 20% duty on hearse imports for businesses providing funeral or undertaking services and incorporated or registered under an Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority administered act with “Funeral and Related Activities” as its main activity. In…
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a Sept. 3 circular, the customs agency also found the duty exemption will apply only to hearses registered in the name of the business entity and registered under the Road Traffic Act as a goods vehicle. The agency reserves the right to reimpose the duty if the business contravenes any of the conditions or transfers the hearse to a “non-entitled person, unless the transfer is for the sole purpose of the other person destroying or ensuring the proper disposal of the hearse or exporting the hearse,” the agency said.