【房】抢头条 卖家印花税开始松动 四年变三年 3月11号执行SINGAPORE — The Government will lower the holding period for those who want to sell a residential property from the current four years to three, the authorities announced on Friday. The Seller’s Stamp Duties (SSD), which is payable by those who sell a residential property, will also be lowered by four percentage points for each tier, according to a joint statement by the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of National Development and Monetary Authority of Singapore. The new SSSD rates will range from 4% (for properties sold in the third year) to 12% (for those sold within the first year). This compares with the current rates of between 4% and 16% of the property’s value. The changes will apply to all residential property purchased from Saturday (March 11). The announcements came as Mr Lawrence Wong, the Second Minister for Finance, introduced in Parliament new legislative changes with regards to the SSD. "(The changes are) aimed at treating transactions in r (more...)