Singapore Customs has reminded arriving travellers and returning Singaporeans that duty free allowance for liquor will be revised to two litres – down from three – from Monday, 1 April.

 

Customs issued a public statement via its website and communicated directly with travellers via its social media platforms.

 

As reported, this revision was announced in the Budget 2019 Statement on 18 February 2019, as part of the Government’s continual efforts to ensure that the tax system ‘remains resilient’, says Singapore Customs.

 

If travellers are carrying liquor exceeding the duty free allowance, they are required to declare and pay duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) for it on their arrival in Singapore.

 

Customs says that, for convenience, travellers can use the Customs@SG mobile app or web portal to make an advance declaration and payment of duty and GST and ‘breeze through the Customs Green Channel’.

 

All goods brought into Singapore are subject to a 7% Goods & Services Tax (GST) levied on the value of the goods, which may include the cost, insurance and freight (CIF) plus other chargeable costs and the duty payable (if applicable).

 

Travellers are granted GST import relief on new goods that are purchased overseas and brought into Singapore for their personal use. The relief amount is based on the duration that the traveller has spent outside Singapore as is clarified in the below table.