SINGAPORE: Lim Meng Fatt and Gan Bee Bee, both aged 53, have been convicted by the Court today for tax evasions of Income Tax and Goods & Services Tax (GST), as well as fraudulently de-registering their company Wan Lin Healthcare Centre Pte Ltd (“Wan Lin”) from GST when in fact the company was still liable to be GST-registered. Gan Bee Bee was also convicted of abetting Wan Lin to make a false PIC claim.
For their offences, they were sentenced by the Court to the following:
| Offences | Sentencing for Lim Meng Fatt | Sentencing for Gan Bee Bee |
|---|---|---|
| Abetted Wan Lin to evade a total of $140,378 in income tax for Year of Assessments (YA) 2015 and 2017 | 28 weeks’ imprisonment and $421,134 in penalties | 3 months’ and 17 weeks’ imprisonment and $421,134in penalties |
| Omitted output tax totalling $84,304 in Wan Lin’s GST F5 returns | 6 months’ imprisonment and $252,914 in penalties | 6 months’ imprisonment and $252,914 in penalties |
| Evaded GST totalling $163,206 by de-registering Wan Lin from GST in 2016 | 10 months’ imprisonment and penalty of $489,620 | 11 months’ imprisonment and penalty of $489,620 |
| Abetted Wan Lin to make a false PIC claim totalling $4,050 on 12 Aug 2015 | N.A. | 3 weeks’ imprisonment and penalty of $12,150 |
| Total* *Some sentences will run concurrently. |
12 months’ and 16 weeks’ imprisonment and $1,163,668 in penalties | 16 months’ and 17 weeks’ imprisonment and $1,175,818 in penalties |
Source: IRAS
