Andrew Soo Cheng Ai (Income Tax evasion)
Offences:
Andrew Soo Cheng Ai, a 51-year old pilot, convicted of:
- Making false entries in his Form B1 Income Tax return by failing to declare rental income of $89,715 received from his rental properties - resulting in $15,354 in taxes undercharged.
- Giving false replies in response to IRAS’ request for details of his rental properties during audit - which would have resulted in $35,310 in taxes undercharged if the information had been accepted by IRAS
- Creating and submitting multiple fictitious invoices and documents to IRAS, to support his inflated claims for expenses for his rental properties - which would have resulted in $7,500 in taxes undercharged if they had been accepted by IRAS
Court sentence:
- 6 months’ imprisonment
- $181,996 in penalties
Read media release.