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Do you us the mobile just at home, on wifi, to top up? I'm considering getting a cheap used Android phone (I have iPhone) without a service contract and just put it on my home wifi. In other words, doing almost the same as the card reader, but via a mobile instead. Obviously, don't want to do this i...

Thanks. Will try ebay. NFC Android is ok, but just reads. Doesn't top up.
I'm on auto top up, but use EZ Link for taxis mostly and the auto top up only works on MRT/bus and a very small number of SMRT taxis (although it never worked for me...)

Hi Where can I get this card reader: http://ezlink.com.sg/ez-online I've looked everywhere, Sim Lim, major/minor stores, online, etc. I even called the manufacturer and they said they haven't imported a batch in a long time and have no plans to do so in the near future. I'm hoping someone knows of a...

Just coming back to this. Long delay...

For reference, I live in SG full year, so more than 183 days. So I'm resident rate, not "non-resident".

As far as GIRO, been told by Citibank I cannot do this as they are not a local bank...

MikeJones wrote:which does work out as around 36000 tax payable, using the IRAS tax calculator

Thanks for confirming. I just hope that the change from RO to subsidiary will help me out. Will it?

bgd wrote:I'm referring to the single payment which they extract via GIRO

Right. I can do that. What I wanted to do was the monthly withdrawal.
I have two accounts. One with Citi SG. One with Citi NA. I can transfer between the two easily, but only up to USD 1000/day.

Thanks. Having to pay it all at once wasn't my biggest concern (although that sucked), rather it was the total sum of SGD 36K. Before I came here, I hired a tax adviser in the US to run the expected numbers and SGD 36K was about what she came up with (although I was hoping she was wrong). So I don't...

Hi All So I keep hearing how Singapore is a "low tax" place. My experience hasn't been like this so far at all! I talk to different people and I get different responses, so wanted to check the wisdom of the masses. Here's my situation: Family: 2 adults, 2 children under 10 y.o. Gross Salary USD 125,...

Hi Just wanted to comment on this as I just went (going) through this now. I too got this letter. I'm on EP and my company covers housing, kid's school and health insurance. All of this gets added to my "income" so my tax ended up being quite high. My first attempt was to get the Letter of Guarantee...

Hi All Just a quick update to this. I hired a tax firm (recommended in the forum) and had then run a few scenarios and actually calculate my expected taxes (SG + US). Turns out that I was quite low on my estimate of the taxes due. As pointed out by others already, all the benefits (school, housing, ...

Hi All So here's an update. Short version: we're in Singapore already :-) Airline gave boarding pass without questions. ICA officer asked a few fairly generic questions upon arrival, but otherwise it was not much different than other times I had come here for business. Now just trying to work out th...

Hi All Just posting an update to this. I searched online quite a bit and came across this company: http://www.1-voip.com. They were able to set me up with a +65 virtual number. I used to have Vonage before, but Vonage doesn't have Singapore numbers, so I switched. So far I'm happy with them. Call qu...

Hi all I am looking for recommendations for getting a local SG number where business colleagues can call me at (mostly from US and EU). I already have and use Skype a lot, and I also have a US-setup Vonage account so I can call OUT without a problem. My issue is that I need a +65 number for people t...

For greater piece of mind, I am thinking about getting the cheapest one-way ticket out of Singapore for about 50 days after we arrive. JetStar has some cheap ($60) fares to KL. That way I can prove an onward ticket. So here's a (possibly) stupid question if I do this... When filling out the D/E Card...

Thanks for all the comments, everyone. At this point, changing the plans/dates is out of the question. So I am going to come in armed with the RO approval letter, the Sing Post "fees paid" for the EP/DP, my employment contract, letter of approval from boys' school showing acceptance, address for ser...