singapore_property_stamp_duty
Singapore Property Stamp Duty (BSD + ABSD + SSD)
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Buyer’s, Additional Buyer’s, and Seller’s Stamp Duty at the current IRAS rates — including the 60% foreigner ABSD and the 2025 four-year SSD. Computes Singapore residential stamp duty at the rates actually in force: BSD on the marginal bands up to 6%, ABSD by your exact buyer profile and property count (foreigners pay a flat 60% since 27 Apr 2023 — double what most AI models still quote), and SSD by your acquisition-date cohort (purchases on/after 4 Jul 2025 are on a new 16/12/8/4 four-year schedule). The inputs that swing the answer are ones buyers rarely know matter: the citizenship tier (a US citizen gets Singapore Citizen treatment under the FTA; a US green-card holder does not), how many residential properties you already hold (any fractional interest counts in full), and for joint purchases, the co-buyer whose rate governs the entire price.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| mode | string | no | Buying or selling? |
| profile | string | no | Buyer profile The decisive input — it moves ABSD between 0% and 60% of the price. The FTA carve-out is exact: US CITIZENS qualify (green-card holders do NOT); for Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, both nationals and PRs qualify. Buying-mode only. |
| propertiesOwned | number | no | Residential properties already owned in Singapore Count before this purchase. Any fractional interest — even 1% on a parent’s flat — counts as one full property. Overseas property does not count. Buying-mode only. |
| price | number | no | Price / market value (the higher of the two) (S$) Stamp duty is charged on the higher of the price and the market value — for buying and selling alike. |
| jointHighestRate | string | no | Joint purchase — co-buyer with a higher ABSD profile In a joint purchase the buyer with the HIGHEST applicable ABSD rate sets the rate for the entire price — not just their share. The co-buyer’s rate here is computed at the same properties-owned count as yours; if they own more, rerun with their count to check whose rate governs. Buying-mode only. |
| acqYear | number | no | Acquisition year Selling-mode only. The acquisition date is the day you accepted/exercised the Option to Purchase (or signed the Sale & Purchase Agreement) — not the grant of the option. It selects which SSD schedule applies. Acquisitions before 14 Jan 2011 are not modeled (any sale now is past every tier anyway). |
| acqMonth | number | no | Acquisition month Selling-mode only. 1–12. |
| saleYear | number | no | Sale year Selling-mode only. The year you (will) contract to sell. |
| saleMonth | number | no | Sale month Selling-mode only. 1–12. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"mode": {
"description": "Buying or selling?",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"buy",
"sell"
],
"default": "buy"
},
"profile": {
"description": "Buyer profile The decisive input — it moves ABSD between 0% and 60% of the price. The FTA carve-out is exact: US CITIZENS qualify (green-card holders do NOT); for Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, both nationals and PRs qualify. Buying-mode only.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"sc",
"spr",
"fta",
"foreigner",
"entity"
],
"default": "sc"
},
"propertiesOwned": {
"description": "Residential properties already owned in Singapore Count before this purchase. Any fractional interest — even 1% on a parent’s flat — counts as one full property. Overseas property does not count. Buying-mode only.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 5,
"default": 0
},
"price": {
"description": "Price / market value (the higher of the two) (S$) Stamp duty is charged on the higher of the price and the market value — for buying and selling alike.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"default": 1500000
},
"jointHighestRate": {
"description": "Joint purchase — co-buyer with a higher ABSD profile In a joint purchase the buyer with the HIGHEST applicable ABSD rate sets the rate for the entire price — not just their share. The co-buyer’s rate here is computed at the same properties-owned count as yours; if they own more, rerun with their count to check whose rate governs. Buying-mode only.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"none",
"sc",
"spr",
"fta",
"foreigner",
"entity"
],
"default": "none"
},
"acqYear": {
"description": "Acquisition year Selling-mode only. The acquisition date is the day you accepted/exercised the Option to Purchase (or signed the Sale & Purchase Agreement) — not the grant of the option. It selects which SSD schedule applies. Acquisitions before 14 Jan 2011 are not modeled (any sale now is past every tier anyway).",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 2011,
"maximum": 2100,
"default": 2025
},
"acqMonth": {
"description": "Acquisition month Selling-mode only. 1–12.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 12,
"default": 8
},
"saleYear": {
"description": "Sale year Selling-mode only. The year you (will) contract to sell.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 2011,
"maximum": 2100,
"default": 2026
},
"saleMonth": {
"description": "Sale month Selling-mode only. 1–12.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 12,
"default": 7
}
},
"required": [],
"additionalProperties": false
}