Artist’s impressionStamp Duty at The Robertson Opus in Brief
Buyer’s Stamp Duty is due on every purchase at The Robertson Opus. On top of it, Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty applies to some purchases, according to the buyer’s residency status and the number of homes already held. Seller’s Stamp Duty is a separate matter that arises only if a home here is resold inside four years. The rates quoted were read from IRAS on 20 October 2026 and can change, so check them again before signing.
BSD and any ABSD have to reach IRAS no more than 14 days after the sale and purchase agreement, so they are paid next to the booking fee, long before the bank loan starts to pay.
Buyer’s Stamp Duty at The Robertson Opus
IRAS does not apply one BSD rate to the whole price. Instead the price is cut into six slices, and the rate climbs from one slice to the next: 1% for the lowest, then 2%, 3%, 4% and 5% for the four that follow, and 6% for whatever part of the price sits over the highest threshold. Adding up the duty on each slice gives the BSD payable. This residential schedule took effect on 15 February 2023.
Where each slice begins and ends is listed on the stamp duty page, together with a worked example, and the stamp duty calculator repeats that slice-by-slice sum for whatever figure you type in, then adds ABSD to suit the buyer profile you choose.
That example rests on a round illustrative figure picked to keep the arithmetic easy to follow; it is not what any home at The Robertson Opus costs, and it reaches only the first four slices. For a real home, ask the Sales Concierge for the current price list and put its figure through the same steps.
The calculator pages open at an illustrative figure; entering the figure for a chosen home gives the duty for that home.
Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty at The Robertson Opus
ABSD is charged as a single percentage of the full price rather than slice by slice, and it is paid in addition to BSD. For an individual, two things fix that percentage: residency status, and the count of residential properties held at the moment of the new purchase. Foreigners pay one rate and entities another, however many properties they hold. The present ABSD rates have been in place since 27 April 2023.
An individual buyer needs two answers to find the right cell of the table: am I a Singapore Citizen, a Permanent Resident or a foreigner, and is this my first, second, or third or later residential property?
| Buyer profile | First property | Second property | Third and subsequent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore Citizen | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| Singapore Permanent Resident | 5% | 30% | 35% |
| Foreigner | 60% | 60% | 60% |
| Entity | 65% | 65% | 65% |
Source: IRAS, checked 20 October 2026. Rates can change; confirm with IRAS before signing.
Reading across the rows, a Singapore Citizen buying a first home owes BSD and nothing more, as the ABSD rate there is 0%. A Permanent Resident’s first home attracts 5% ABSD, and a Citizen’s second home 20%.
Further along, the rate is 30% on a Permanent Resident’s second home and 35% on the third, and 30% on a Citizen’s third or any later home. Foreign individuals face 60% on every purchase and entities 65%, regardless of what they already hold.
ABSD Relief and Foreign Buyers at The Robertson Opus
Two reliefs can soften ABSD. Spouses purchasing together, where at least one of them is a Singapore Citizen and neither owns another home, can seek remission of the ABSD. A couple who take on a second home before their first has been sold can ask IRAS for a refund, as long as the first is disposed of within the period IRAS allows.
Under Singapore’s free trade agreements, some foreign buyers are treated like Citizens for ABSD: nationals of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and the United States, and United States permanent residents too. And since The Robertson Opus is a private condominium rather than landed housing, a foreigner buying here does not need the separate purchase approval that landed homes call for.
Seller’s Stamp Duty and The Robertson Opus
SSD matters only to a buyer who sells within four years of buying. Under the payment scheme, homes at The Robertson Opus are paid for in stages until completion, and the developer expects vacant possession by 30 June 2030.
It is the seller, not the buyer, who pays SSD, and only on a sale made within four years of the purchase date. For residential property acquired on or after 4 July 2025, the rate shrinks the longer the home has been held.
| Holding period at sale | SSD rate |
|---|---|
| Up to 1 year | 16% |
| More than 1 year, up to 2 years | 12% |
| More than 2 years, up to 3 years | 8% |
| More than 3 years, up to 4 years | 4% |
| More than 4 years | No SSD |
Source: IRAS, checked 20 October 2026. Rates can change; confirm with IRAS before signing.
The progressive payment calculator places BSD and ABSD in the full payment schedule, and the Sales Concierge sends the current price list on request, so the duty can be worked out for an actual home. Showflat viewings are arranged by appointment through the Sales Concierge.
General information as at the date shown, not financial, legal or tax advice. Particulars of The Robertson Opus come from the developer’s published particulars, brochure, plans and factsheet; statutory figures are those on this site’s financing pages, and distances are straight lines measured on OneMap. Sources: IRAS residential stamp duty rates (checked 20 October 2026), as set out on this site’s stamp duty page and stamp duty calculator.
Ask the Sales Concierge about The Robertson Opus
The Sales Concierge sends the price list on request, the homes still available and the e-brochure for The Robertson Opus. Showflat viewings are arranged by appointment through the Sales Concierge.