More Covid-19 support for businesses on Budget wish list
Other suggestions include beefing up programmes that help SMEs and other companies digitalise
Singapore
UNUSUAL times call for unusual tax measures, judging from proposals for the national Budget put out by the private sector on Wednesday.
Ahead of the next Budget that will be delivered in February, the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and professional services firm PwC Singapore have separately called for the government to extend or enhance Covid-19 business support introduced earlier this year.
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