School of Accountancy

Singapore Management University

SUM Yee Loong

MSc(UK) - Taxation and Public Finance
FCCA, ATII, CPA

Mr Sum Yee Loong has specialised in taxation since qualifying as an accountant in the U.K. He has
over 17 years of experience in Singapore taxation.

Mr Sum has substantial experience serving multi-national companies and local corporate clients
including financial institutions. He provides advisory tax services to these corporate clients and his
specialties include corporate structuring & restructuring, restructuring for IPO, acquisition &
mergers and international tax planning. He is active in providing strategies and leading tax review
teams to create and identify tax saving opportunities for both corporate and individual clients. He
also advises and provides tax opinions on cross-border transactions and structured finance.

Mr Sum is also active in advising and negotiating for tax incentives for various corporate clients.

Mr Sum was Associate Professor (Adjunct) at the Nanyang Technological University lecturing
Taxation to undergraduates and Advance Taxation to post-graduate students till 2003.

Mr Sum has been member of the Taxation & Levies Committee of the Institute of Certified Public
Accountants of Singapore since 1989. He is examiner for the Advance Taxation Paper (Singapore
Variant) of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (UK). He was also previous
examiner for the Taxation Paper (Singapore Law) for the Institute of Chartered Management
Accountants and Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

Publications

Journal Articles

Various articles in the Singapore Accountant

Chapters in Books
Singapore Tax Workbook

Presentations
Various tax conferences and seminars

Corporate/Public/Professional/Community Leadership
• Committee Member of ICPAS Taxation and Levies Committee
• Committee Member of Chartered Institute of Taxation-UK (Singapore Branch)
• Committee Member of Tax Advisory Committee (under the auspices of Ministry of Finance and
chaired by the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Finance)

Consulting
Tax Partner – Deloitte & Touche