If you haven't know yet,
Employers may apply for the Accelerated Depreciation Allowance for Noise Control, a tax incentive scheme to recover the cost of implementing noise control measures in a one-year period.
The scheme covers the following:
Employers may apply for the Accelerated Depreciation Allowance for Noise Control, a tax incentive scheme to recover the cost of implementing noise control measures in a one-year period.
The scheme covers the following:
- Low-decibel machines, equipment or systems with in-built noise control features such as:
- Concrete crusher or splitter;
- Plastic granulator or crusher;
- Automatic sawing machine;
- Metal press or stamping machine;
- Machine with active noise control feature;
- Laser cutting machine;
- Pressure blast machine;
- Remote controlled demolition machine; or
- Any other machine, equipment or system certified by PSB Corporation or the National University of Singapore;
- Noise control devices to supplement any new or existing machine, equipment or system, such as:
- Acoustic enclosure;
- Acoustic silencer or muffler;
- Vibration absorption, isolation or damping device; or
- Active noise control device; or
- Engineering noise control measures for any existing machine, equipment or process, such as:
- Detachable personnel acoustic enclosure;
- Acoustic barrier or shield;
- Acoustic absorption device to reduce noise reverberation; or
- Modification to minimise noise emission.
You can refer to the Income Tax Act, Chapter 134, Sections 7 and 19(A) at Singapore Statutes Online. for more details on the scheme’s legislation.