Offences

Joanne Chua Sze Wang ("Chua"), a 60-year-old businesswoman, has been convicted of the following offences:

  • Failed to exercise the required diligence as the finance manager of Mandarin Communications Pte Ltd and director of Esteris Pte Ltd, leading to the companies unlawfully collecting a total of $463,052 in GST without being GST-registered
  • Evaded $5,245 in taxes by omitting her income from her sole proprietorship, Wang Design Station, for Years of Assessment 2014 and 2019

Court sentence

Chua has been ordered to pay a fine of $59,000 and a penalty of $1,404,893.