IRAS unveils new digital tools for easier corporate income tax filing

The new tools include a filing obligation check for NICs, a record keeping assistant, and a business expense deductibility checker, among others.

Published Oct 19, 2026, 03:40 PM

Updated Oct 19, 2026, 03:40 PM

IRAS has launched new digital tools to make corporate income tax filing easier for more than 323,000 companies in the 2026 year of assessment.

The tools include checks for filing duties, record keeping, deductible expenses, portal problems, payment status and objections. IRAS says companies will face “greater certainty and fewer follow-up actions”.

About 80% of eligible companies used a simpler return in 2025. Firms may also get the CIT Rebate, SME Cash Grant 2026, and higher AI tax deductions under the Enterprise Innovation Scheme.

SINGAPORE – New digital tools from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) are set to make corporate income tax (CIT) filing easier for more than 323,000 companies for the 2026 year of assessment.

The new tools, which will also benefit more than 37,000 newly incorporated companies (NICs), will help companies file returns with “greater certainty and fewer follow-up actions”.

“Clear and seamless tax processes are important for companies to reduce the administrative effort of tax filing, allowing companies to focus more time on running and growing their business,” said IRAS on Oct 19.

The new tools include a filing obligation check for NICs, a record-keeping assistant, a business expense deductibility checker, a myTax Portal troubleshooting assistant, payment status checker and an objection status checker.

Existing efforts to simplify tax filing have seen strong take-up, said IRAS. In the 2025 year of assessment, about 80% of eligible companies used a simplified tax return that reduced filing requirements from three pages to just six essential fields for certain companies.

This year, as announced in the Budget and subsequent support measures, companies may be eligible for the CIT Rebate, CIT Rebate Cash Grant and/or SME Cash Grant 2026.

Not only that, companies considering artificial intelligence (AI) expenditures “may also wish to explore the expanded support available under the Enterprise Innovation Scheme (EIS) for qualifying AI expenditure” for the 2027 and 2028 years of assessment.

Under the scheme, businesses may claim 400 per cent tax deductions on up to $50,000 of qualifying AI expenditure per year of assessment. THE BUSINESS TIMES

新工具包括 NIC 申报义务检查器、记录保存助手和企业支出扣除检查器等。

发布于2026年10月19日下午3:40

更新于2026年10月19日下午3:40

新加坡税务局推出了新的数字工具，使超过 323,000 家公司在 2026 课税年度更容易申报企业所得税。

这些工具包括对申报义务、记录保存、可扣除费用、门户网站问题、付款状态和异议的检查。新加坡税务局表示，企业将面临“更大的确定性和更少的后续行动”。

2025 年，约 80% 的符合条件的公司采用了更简单的申报方式。企业还可能获得企业所得税退税、2026 年中小企业现金补助以及企业创新计划下的更高人工智能税收减免。

新加坡——新加坡税务局 (IRAS) 推出的全新数字工具将使超过 323,000 家公司在 2026 课税年度更容易申报企业所得税 (CIT)。

这些新工具还将使超过 37,000 家新成立的公司 (NIC) 受益，帮助公司“更有把握地提交纳税申报表，减少后续工作”。

新加坡税务局 (IRAS) 于 10 月 19 日表示：“清晰便捷的税务流程对于企业来说至关重要，可以减少报税的行政工作量，使企业能够将更多时间用于运营和发展业务。”

新工具包括 NIC 申报义务检查器、记录保存助手、业务费用扣除检查器、myTax Portal 故障排除助手、付款状态检查器和异议状态检查器。

新加坡税务局表示，现有的简化报税流程的举措已获得广泛认可。在2025课税年度，约80%符合条件的公司使用了简化的报税表，该报税表将申报要求从三页减少到某些公司只需填写的六个基本栏目。

今年，正如预算案及后续支持措施中所宣布的那样，企业可能有资格获得企业所得税退税、企业所得税退税现金补助和/或 2026 年中小企业现金补助。

不仅如此，考虑在人工智能 (AI) 领域进行支出的公司“可能还希望了解企业创新计划 (EIS) 为符合条件的 AI 支出在 2027 年和 2028 年评估年度提供的扩展支持”。

根据该计划，企业每年在符合条件的AI支出方面，最高可享受5万美元的税收减免，减免比例高达400%。《商业时报》