Tampines eatery charges customer 35-cent GST for $3.50 drinks -- but that's more than 9%
When the goods and services tax (GST) was first introduced in Singapore in 1994, the rate was 3 per cent. In 2003, it was raised to 4 per cent. Then to 5 per cent in 2004. In 2007, it jumped to 7 per cent before climbing to 8 per cent in 2023 and finally 9 per cent this year. With all these changes, perhaps it became too difficult to keep track. Perhaps that was why Stomper