Revised e-Tax guide on Exports clarifies where and when vehicle number may be reflected For exports via land to Malaysia, one of the...

If you are under the Assisted Compliance Assurance Programme (ACAP), you will be pleased to know that the status will be extended for 6...

Major Exporter Scheme ("MES") To reduce the compliance costs for businesses, the IRAS has extended the MES status period from the current...

Mohaideen Bin Osman ("Mohaideen"), 39, sole-proprietor of Formz Design International ("FDI"), was ordered by the Court to pay a total...

Avan Yong Yan Hwa ("Yong"), a sole-proprietor buying and selling mobile phones and accessories under the business name "HomeGround...

A newly GST registered business may avail itself to claiming GST incurred on purchases of goods and services before the date of its GST...

IRAS has enhanced the ASK, principally, on Sections 1 & 2 of the ASK such that it is now easier to complete these 2 sections. Section 3...

A construction company and its director were each ordered by the court to pay a penalty of $191,268 - two times the amount of GST evaded...

CASE 1 The first GST fraud case involving 10 different entities has been concluded in Court. Eric Chia Puay Yeoh (“Chia”), the mastermind...

A manufacturer of metal doors and windows, Creative Engineering Works Pte Ltd (“CEWPL”), has to pay about $170,000 in taxes and penalty...

Sports and concerts event promoter, Midas Promotions Pte Ltd (“Midas”), has been ordered to pay to IRAS $786,000 in taxes and penalty and...

With effect from 1 Feb 2014, the IRAS has allowed input tax to be claimed using simplified tax invoices (instead of normal tax invoices)...

IRAS conducts regular audits to identify businesses that do not comply with GST laws. The following case was uncovered from one of these...

In the fable "the boy who cried wolf", you learn that people lose their trust in you when what you say do not materialize over time. The...

Melati Abu Bakar, the owner of a beauty salon, has been fined $21,800 for evading GST on $270,000 worth of beauty products. She may also...

Two partners caught for income tax and GST offences were ordered to pay back taxes and penalties of over $2.3 million. One of them was...

In an attempt to update and clarify on this mind-boggling GST issue, the IRAS has released a 40 page e-Tax Guide aptly titled "Guide on...

GST Pu!se Special Edition: "Survival Guide for the Major Exporter Scheme (MES)" will be released next month. Subscribe now to receive...

Our latest GST Pu!se - Survival Guide for the Major Exporter Scheme (MES) is published on SIATP's website. We provide quick tips on how...

A freight forwarding company, Kian Min Express Transport Pte Ltd, is the first company to be penalised by IRAS for misusing its Major...