Annual Report 2025 167 The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (the “IRAS”) has issued a tax ruling on the income tax treatment of CapitaLand Ascott REIT. Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the tax ruling, CapitaLand Ascott REIT is not subject to tax on the taxable income of CapitaLand Ascott REIT. Instead, the distributions made by CapitaLand Ascott REIT out of such taxable income are distributed free of tax deducted at source to individual Stapled Securityholders and qualifying Stapled Securityholders. Qualifying Stapled Securityholders are companies incorporated and tax resident in Singapore, Singapore branches of foreign companies that have obtained waiver from the IRAS from tax deducted at source in respect of the distributions from CapitaLand Ascott REIT, and bodies of persons registered or constituted in Singapore. This treatment is known as the tax transparency treatment. The REIT Trustee will deduct tax at the reduced rate of 10% from distributions made out of CapitaLand Ascott REIT’s taxable income that is not taxed at CapitaLand Ascott REIT’s level to beneficial Stapled Securityholders who are qualifying foreign non-individual investors. A qualifying foreign non-individual investor is one who is not a resident of Singapore for income tax purposes and does not have a permanent establishment in Singapore. Where the non-individual investor carries on any operation in Singapore through a permanent establishment in Singapore, the funds used by that person to acquire the Stapled Securities cannot be obtained from that operation to qualify for the reduced tax rate. For other types of Stapled Securityholders, the REIT Trustee is required to withhold tax at the prevailing corporate tax rate on the distributions made by CapitaLand Ascott REIT. Such Stapled Securityholders are subject to tax on the regrossed amounts of the distributions received but may claim a credit for the tax deducted at source by the REIT Trustee. CapitaLand Ascott REIT will distribute at least 90% of its taxable income, other than gains from the sale of real estate properties that are determined by the IRAS to be trading gains, and net overseas income. Net overseas income refers to the net profits (excluding any gains from the sale of property or shares, as the case may be) after applicable taxes and adjustment for non-cash items such as depreciation, derived by CapitaLand Ascott REIT from its properties located outside Singapore. Distributions for the Stapled Group are made on a semi-annual basis, with the amount calculated as at 30 June and 31 December each year for the six-month period ending on each of the said dates. In accordance with the provisions of the CapitaLand Ascott REIT Trust Deed and the CapitaLand Ascott BT Trust Deed, the REIT Manager and the BT Trustee-Manager are required to pay distributions declared within 60 days of the end of each distribution period. Distributions, when paid, will be in Singapore Dollars. 3.15 Earnings per Stapled Security The Stapled Group presents basic and diluted earnings per Stapled Security. Basic earnings per Stapled Security is calculated by dividing the total return attributable to Stapled Securityholders by the weighted average number of Stapled Securities outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per Stapled Security is determined by adjusting the total return attributable to Stapled Securityholders and the weighted average number of Stapled Securities outstanding, adjusted for the effects of all dilutive potential Stapled Securities. 3.16 Segment reporting An operating segment is a component of the Stapled Group that engages in business activities from which they may earn revenues and incur expenses, including revenues and expenses that relate to transactions with any of the Stapled Group’s other components. All operating segments’ operating results are reviewed regularly by the REIT Manager’s and the BT Trustee-Manager’s CEO to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and to assess its performance, and for which discrete financial information is available. 3 Material Accounting Policies (continued) 3.14 Income tax (continued)
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