Personal Finance
Income Tax – Singapore vs US
By Dr Wealth  •  December 8, 2010

It is coming to the end of the year soon and we will need to file our taxes!

I was just looking at the tax brackets and see where I stand, and if I need to cut some taxes by doing a CPF top up or putting money into SRS. I always believe Singapore income tax is lesser than most of the developed countries. Curious, I went to take a look at the US income tax and made a comparison.

The first table below shows the Singapore tax brackets (2010):

The following table shows the US tax brackets (2010) Note that I have converted USD to SGD at a rate of 1.3:

Did you manage to spot the difference?

In Singapore, the first S$20,000 is not taxed. Whereas in US, you will be taxed for as little as first S$10,000 of your income, at a rate of 10%. Secondly, ...

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