CapitaLand had in January sold its 100 per cent stake in Nassim Hill Realty, which owned the remaining 45 units at The Nassim, to Wee Cho Yaw's family firm Kheng Leong for S$411.6 million.
Only a tax of 0.2 per cent of the net asset value was levied for this transfer. If it was a direct purchase of a residential property, it would have incurred a buyer's stamp duty and also the ABSD.
In an extremely rare move on Friday, an amendment to the Stamp Duties Bill was introduced - and passed - within the same sitting in Parliament. This will close up the stamp duty rate differential, said Lawrence Wong, Second Minister for Finance, who introduced the amendment.
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