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ISCA issues Financial Reporting Bulletin 6 (FRB 6 Revised Sep 2020) on COVID-19 Government Relief Measures: Accounting for the grant provided by the Singapore Government for wages paid to local employees under the Jobs Support Scheme

[Revised to incorporate enhancements made to the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) as announced in the Ministerial Statement on Continued Support for Workers and Jobs on 17 August 2020]

FRB 6 (Revised Sep 2020), issued on 25 September 2020, provides accounting guidance and key considerations on how to account for payouts receivable by employers under the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS).

FRB 6 (Revised Sep 2020) has been updated from FRB 6 (Revised) (issued on 15 July 2020) for the following developments:

  • extension of JSS by up to seven months (but at lower support levels) to cover wages paid from September 2020 to March 2021, and
  • adjustment of the base tiers of JSS support for September 2020 to March 2021 for all sectors.

There is no change to the views and guidance from those shared in FRB 6 (Revised) as a result of the above developments.


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