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New Competency Framework for Tax Professionals   Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals is proud to launch our new Competency Framework for Tax Professionals – a framework designed to provide greater clarity on the knowledge, skills and professional capabilities expected of tax practitioners at different stages of their careers.   It brings together critical tax functions, technical expertise, generic skills and professional outcomes, with competencies mapped across four career stages.   📖 Read more about the new Competency Framework HERE.

📰 Tax Picks 🚨   Keep yourself updated on the latest in tax with this read:   Income Tax (International Tax Compliance Agreements) (Common Reporting Standard) (Amendment) Regulations 2026   You heard this from the Tax Channel! 😁 Share and subscribe to be in the know 🔎 and head over to our website for more key tax news! 📲

❗Last Call - Are you making the most of SCTP's new accreditation pathway?   🎓 Accountancy graduates from NTU, NUS, SIT, SMU and SUSS (from the 2026 graduating cohort onward) are now eligible for professional recognition as an Accredited Tax Practitioner (Provisional – Income Tax) (PTP) immediately upon graduation. As a transitional measure from now until 31 August 2026, accountancy graduates from the 2021-2025 graduating cohorts with 3 years of tax work experience may apply directly to be an Accredited Tax Practitioner (Income Tax) (ATP). From 1 September, an additional requirement of 3 years’ PTP membership will apply.   👉 Find out more HERE! 👈

📰 Tax Update 🚨   Hi everyone, top up on your tax news here: Updated IRAS Webpage: "Reporting Employee Earnings (IR8A, Appendix 8A, Appendix 8B)" to Update Form IR8A, Appendix 8A, and Appendix 8B for YA 2027   You heard this from the Tax Channel! 😁 Share and subscribe to be in the know 🔎 and head over to our website for more key tax news! 📲

Import & Export GST: Navigate the Rules and Minimise Costly Mistakes   Getting the GST treatment wrong on an import or export transaction can result in reporting errors, penalties and disputes.   Join Eddie Soh ATA (GST), Co-Founder and Tax Director at Jed Tax Consulting, for a practical session covering the key GST considerations for imports and exports.   Explore how to navigate Incoterms, GST agency arrangements, direct and indirect exports, error correction and the IRAS Voluntary Disclosure Programme, while strengthening your organisation’s GST compliance controls.   👉 Register HERE! 👈

This week's Pulse on Tax:   New IRAS e-Tax Guide: “Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF)” to Provide Information on Entities and Individuals Affected by CARF   Forward and share 📲 so more in your tax network can be clued in. 👏 (For more key tax news, head over to our website here!)