Offences

Rickey Tan Yao Rong, a 54-year-old former car trader, has been convicted of Income Tax and Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) offences.

Tan was convicted of:

  • 2 counts of making false entries in his personal income tax returns for the years of assessment (“YAs”) 2018 and 2019, resulting in $260,773 in tax undercharged
  • 1 count of failing to notify the Comptroller of GST of his liability to be registered as a taxable person, leading to $245,420 of GST due

Court sentence

Tan was sentenced to:

  • 12 months and 2 weeks’ imprisonment;
  • Penalty of $806,861; and
  • Fine of $3,500