Genuine capital investment gains generally untaxed; income and business profits taxable
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Private investment
Genuine capital investment gains generally untaxed; income and business profits taxable
Income and business
Business or income classification can bring progressive resident tax up to 24%.
Holding period or principal limit
No automatic holding-period exemption verified.
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Private disposal gains
IRAS expressly includes digital tokens among financial instruments whose buying-and-selling gains or losses are generally regarded as personal investments. Singapore has no general capital gains tax. This is a capital-versus-revenue distinction, not a statutory exemption that begins after a fixed holding period.
Commercial token dealing, receipts for goods or services, and mining carried on to earn trading profits can fall within normal income-tax rules. IRAS's digital-token guide also differentiates hobby mining from systematic profit-seeking mining and a gratuitous airdrop from tokens earned for services. A later token disposal requires its own capital-versus-revenue assessment. For an individual who is taxable as resident, published rates are progressive from 0% to 24%; that is not a flat crypto rate.
A foreign individual may qualify as resident through at least 183 days in the relevant preceding calendar year, continuous residence across three years, or a specified two-year employment concession. The detailed conditions and exclusions differ. Resident individuals' overseas income received in Singapore is generally exempt, with exceptions including income through Singapore partnerships; an overseas exchange account does not by itself establish that a trading activity is foreign-sourced.