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Not well. Dividends will be subject to 30% tax withholding, and the whole fund is subject to the U.S. estate tax.If im buying VTI through Interactive Brokers, as a Singaporean how does the taxation work-out for me?
It doesn't. U.S. tax advantaged accounts are not available to non-U.S. persons, with rare/esoteric exceptions that don't apply here.I read in bogleheads to buy it from a non-taxable account? From the US context how does this translate to Singapore?
VUSA and CSPX, traded on the London Stock Exchange, are pretty similar. They're both U.S. S&P 500 stock index funds, so they're not quite as broad across U.S. listed stocks as VTI is, but they're the lion's share of that. VUSA and CSPX pay (at the fund level; you don't worry about it) a 15% tax on dividends, and they are not subject to the U.S. estate tax.
....But why do you want only U.S. listed stocks? IWDA/SWDA or VWRL/VWRD are global stock index funds, including U.S. listed stocks.