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13-10-2022, 08:04 AM
Belmont Lay | October 12, 2022, 04:27 PM
A 37-year-old Singaporean woman, Teo Hwee Ling, was fined S$5,500 on Oct. 6, 2022 for fraudulent evasion of goods and services tax (GST).
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When asked by a Singapore Customs officer to produce the invoices for the two bags, Teo declared that these were gifts from her friend residing in Germany.
She claimed she had no knowledge of their value.
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As there was no documentation to establish the value of the bags, Teo provided a verbal declaration of €1,000 (S$1,470) and made a GST payment of S$68.20 for the bags after deducting the GST import relief for travellers.
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In May 2022, Singapore Customs received information that there were discrepancies in the declaration made by Teo earlier and the actual purchases she made overseas.
Teo was asked to report to Singapore Customs for further investigations.
Investigations revealed that Teo had suppressed the value of the two bags which she declared as gifts.
Teo’s purchases were valued at about S$5,060.
On top of that, Teo had also failed to declare five other items, which were valued at about S$9,240, on her return to Singapore that day.
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The GST short-paid on the two under-declared bags was about S$250 and the GST leviable on the five undeclared items was about S$640.
Teo pleaded guilty to one charge of fraudulent evasion of GST amounting to about S$890.
https://mothership.sg/2022/10/singapore-...ded-goods/
A 37-year-old Singaporean woman, Teo Hwee Ling, was fined S$5,500 on Oct. 6, 2022 for fraudulent evasion of goods and services tax (GST).
......
When asked by a Singapore Customs officer to produce the invoices for the two bags, Teo declared that these were gifts from her friend residing in Germany.
She claimed she had no knowledge of their value.
......
As there was no documentation to establish the value of the bags, Teo provided a verbal declaration of €1,000 (S$1,470) and made a GST payment of S$68.20 for the bags after deducting the GST import relief for travellers.
......
In May 2022, Singapore Customs received information that there were discrepancies in the declaration made by Teo earlier and the actual purchases she made overseas.
Teo was asked to report to Singapore Customs for further investigations.
Investigations revealed that Teo had suppressed the value of the two bags which she declared as gifts.
Teo’s purchases were valued at about S$5,060.
On top of that, Teo had also failed to declare five other items, which were valued at about S$9,240, on her return to Singapore that day.
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The GST short-paid on the two under-declared bags was about S$250 and the GST leviable on the five undeclared items was about S$640.
Teo pleaded guilty to one charge of fraudulent evasion of GST amounting to about S$890.
https://mothership.sg/2022/10/singapore-...ded-goods/
