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Collection: Income of Individuals by Income Type, Annual

Dataset: Assessable Income of Individuals

Economy

Assessable Income of Individuals

IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore)
  • Number of Individuals Assessed includes tax clearance cases for non-citizens.
  • Approved Donations refer to the total tax deductions granted in respect of qualifying donations. For the Year of Assessment (YA)2010 to YA2015 and YA2017 onwards, the amount of tax deduction granted is 2.5 times the amount of qualifying donation made. For YA2016, the amount of tax deduction granted is 3 times the amount of qualifying donation made.
  • From YA2025, non-tax residents whose short-term employment income are exempted from tax are included in the Individual Income Tax base. Data prior to YA2025 excludes this group.

Last updated 7 days ago (2 Sep 2026)

Chart: Assessable Income

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AssessableIncomeofIndividuals.csv (22 rows, 982 B)

Year of Assessment
Text
No. of Individuals Assessed
Text
Total Income
Text
Approved Donations
Text
Assessable Income
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
200417342187187894725421771624730
200515288617159414824702571347123
200614610407548030532397875156326
200715221758472480828203884442770
200816167079884853635735298491184
20091650385106856700349723106506977
20101728186107768942473754107295188
20111829400121006829586485120420344
20121968605134731182623831134107351
20132114924144995861688972144306888
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_0fb1c8d8f8e4f7733e0486837e54a0c7"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore. (2016). Assessable Income of Individuals (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0fb1c8d8f8e4f7733e0486837e54a0c7/view

About this dataset

Contact

hoong_sook_ying@iras.gov.sgmelissa_lim@iras.gov.sg

Created on

17 Aug 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore)