'I have set the cap at S$200 so that the benefits go mostly to middle-income earners.'

THE Singapore government will provide a 50 per cent personal income tax rebate that is capped at S$200, for the year of assessment 2019, said Minister for Finance Heng Swee Keat on Monday.

“I have set the cap at S$200 so that the benefits go mostly to middle-income earners,” he said in his Budget speech in parliament.

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