Singapore Goods and Services Tax

The Singapore Goods and Services Tax (SG GST) is added on advertising costs

Effective 1 January 2020, Microsoft Advertising is required to charge the Singapore Goods and Services Tax (SG GST) for businesses registered in Singapore If you provide your SG GST registration number, Microsoft Advertising will apply SG GST at 0%. If you do not provide your SG GST registration number, Microsoft Advertising is required to charge 7% SG GST. (Note: tax rate is subject to change.)

Microsoft Advertising cannot provide guidance on tax. Please contact your tax advisor or local tax office if you have questions.

How to change your GST registration number

You'll be asked for your tax identification number when you sign up for Microsoft Advertising and each time you create a new account.

From the top menu, select Tools > Accounts.
If you have multiple accounts, choose one from the account selector in the top menu.
Select the Management tab.
From the Actions column in the table, select Account settings.
In the Account settings page, select the pencil icon .
Enter your GST registration number in the box, located just below your business address.
Select Save.

How is GST applied to my account?

If you have a postpay threshold or monthly invoice account, GST is added onto your billing threshold amount. For example, if your billing threshold is S$100 SGD, your card will be charged S$107 SGD (S$100 SGD + 7% GST). Learn about billing thresholds.
If you have a prepay account, some of your prepay funds will go towards taxes. For example, if you added S$100 SGD to your prepay account, S$6.54 SGD would cover taxes and the remaining S$93.46 SGD would cover advertising charges.