Iras has engaged Uber, Grab in tax compliance since 2015

We refer to the letter “Tax arrangements being worked out only now?” (Sept 21). All self-employed individuals, including private-hire car drivers, must file income tax returns so long as their annual net income exceeds S$6,000.

Since 2015, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has engaged the Sharing Economy Association and digital/sharing economy players like Uber and Grab to disseminate tax filing information to private-hire car drivers for their compliance.

The pre-filling of income information in the tax returns of self-employed taxpayers is an initiative to bring greater convenience for taxpayers in their tax filing.

The collaboration with stakeholders to automate the transmission of income information directly to our tax systems is done on a progressive basis, sector by sector.

We have collaborated with some sectors, such as property agencies and insurance agencies, and it will be available to private-hire car drivers.

We will continue to explore collaborations with stakeholders/third parties, when they are more ready, to bring tax filing convenience to more taxpayers.