Former Managing Director Sentenced to 64 weeks’ Jail and to Pay More than $1 million in Penalty for GST Evasion and Wrongful Issue of Tax Invoice

Case and status

Former Fabriglass Construction managing director Ang Wilson received 64 weeks’ imprisonment and S$1,005,073 in fines and penalties. Three 2016 GST returns omitted S$327,497 output tax, attracting S$982,491 penalties.

Facts, amounts and outcome

A separate November 2015 invoice charged S$7,027 GST while the company was unregistered, attracting S$21,082 penalties and a S$1,500 fine. IRAS detected the omissions through audits and data analysis. The release discusses the enhanced GST sentencing framework endorsed in January 2022: tax loss, planning and sustained offending matter. Unauthorised tax invoicing and deliberate omission after registration are separate offences with distinct financial consequences.

GST fraud consequences described by IRAS

The release distinguishes genuine input-tax recovery from deliberate false returns: overstated input tax, omitted output tax and fictitious transactions can constitute GST evasion. The cited consequences on conviction include a penalty of three times the tax undercharged, a fine up to S$10,000 and/or imprisonment up to seven years. These are statutory possibilities described in the release, separate from the actual sentence or allegations in this case.

Disclosure, reporting and rewards

IRAS encourages taxpayers to correct past errors and report suspected tax malpractices. The release says disclosure may be considered when deciding enforcement action; it is not a blanket promise of immunity. Where the release describes informant rewards, qualifying information leading to otherwise lost tax recovery may attract 15% of recovered tax, capped at S$100,000, at IRAS’ discretion. Informant identities are kept confidential. Use the official release links for its reporting and disclosure channels.

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