2.—(1) In these Regulations —| “appeal panel”, in relation to an appeal, means the committee or member of the Board appointed by the Chairperson under section 26(1) or (2) to exercise, discharge and perform the powers, functions and duties of the Board for that appeal; |
| “appellant”, in relation to an appeal, means the person who appeals to the Board under section 29(1); |
| “Board” means the Valuation Review Board constituted under section 23; |
| “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board; |
| “Deputy Chairperson” means a Deputy Chairperson of the Board; |
“disputed tax amount” means —| (a) | in the case of an appeal under section 20A(7) — the amount calculated in accordance with the formula: |
| (i) | A is the annual value ascribed to the property by the Chief Assessor; | | (ii) | B is the annual value of the property alleged by the appellant to be the correct amount; | | (iii) | C is the applicable tax rate; | | (iv) | D is the period that the appellant claimed amount B is to apply; | | (v) | E is the number of days in the year for which property tax is payable; | | | | (a) | The Chief Assessor has assessed the annual value of the appellant’s property in year X to be $100,000 but the appellant alleges that the property should not have been included in the Valuation List from 1 January of year X onwards. The disputed tax amount may be calculated as follows: |
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| | | | ($100,000 − $0) × applicable property tax rate for year X × 365 days / 365 days. |
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| | | (b) | The Chief Assessor has assessed the annual value of the appellant’s property in year Y to be $100,000. The appellant alleges an annual value of $50,000 is to apply from 1 January of year Y to 31 May of year Y, and an annual value of $80,000 is to apply from 1 June of year Y to 31 December of year Y. Year Y is not a leap year. The disputed tax amount may be calculated as follows: |
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| | | | [($100,000 − $50,000) × applicable property tax rate for year Y × 151 days / 365 days] + [($100,000 − $80,000) × applicable property tax rate for year Y × 214 days / 365 days]. |
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| | (b) | in the case of an appeal against a decision of the Comptroller under section 22(5) —| (i) | where the appeal relates to an amount of tax payable, the difference between that amount in the written notice of the Comptroller’s decision and the amount alleged by the appellant to be the correct amount; and | | (ii) | where the appeal relates to an amount of tax to be refunded, the difference between that amount in the written notice of the Comptroller’s decision and the amount alleged by the appellant to be the correct amount; and | | | | (a) | The Comptroller has assessed that the tax payable in respect of the appellant’s property is $50,000, while the appellant alleges that the tax payable should be $30,000. The disputed tax amount is $20,000. |
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| | | (b) | The Comptroller has assessed that tax of $30,000 is to be refunded in respect of the appellant’s property, while the appellant alleges that the tax to be refunded should be $50,000. The disputed tax amount is $20,000. |
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| | (c) | in the case of any appeal under section 38(7) or (8)(f) — nil; |
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| “email” means electronic mail; |
| “MOF website” means the website at https://www.mof.gov.sg or any other online location specified on that website for the purposes of these Regulations; |
| “parties”, in relation to an appeal, means the appellant and the Chief Assessor or Comptroller (as the case may be), and “party” means any of them; |
| “remote communication technology” means electronic communication by video conferencing, tele‑conferencing or other electronic means; |
| “secretary” means a secretary to the Board appointed under section 25; |
| “section” means a section of the Act. |
| (2) Subject to regulation 24(1), these Regulations also apply to an appeal to the Board that is pending as at 1 April 2025. |
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