Dear Reader,
Welcome to our E-Newsletter December 2014.
PART 1 TAXATION
The Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals (SIATP) has issued the new Tax Alerts on its website Tax News since the previous issue of the 3E E-Newsletter.
The few key alerts are highlighted as below: > Updates on CPF Cash Top-Up Relief for Individuals > Tax Treatment of Donations
Company manufacturer and company manager fined for unlawful collection of GST
The court has ordered a company and its 61-year-old manager to pay a total penalty and court fine of $295,258.65 for the unlawful collection of more than $30,000 of GST from customers when the company was not a GST-registered company.
Unlawful collection of GST
It is a serious offence for businesses that are not GST-registered to charge and collect GST from their customers. Offenders face a penalty of 3 times the amount of tax collected without authorisation, and a fine of up to $10,000 for each offence.
Audit programmes is conducted to identify non-compliance of GST laws, including checking on whether businesses charge, collect and claim GST correctly. This case was uncovered in one of such audit programmes.
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PART 2 REGULATORY & BUSINESS
Professional Accountants to strengthen measures against money laundering and financing of terrorism
With effect from 1 November 2014, professional accountants, including public accountants will need to abide by enhanced mandatory requirements on implementing controls and procedures for anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT).
PART 3 FINANCIAL REPORTING
Updates from ASC Website – Improvements FRSs, FRS Amendments and FRS 115
The ASC has issued the following:
– Improvements (November 2014). The effective date of each amendment is included in the issued document.
– Amendments to FRS 110 and FRS 28: Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture, effective for annual periods on or after 1 Jan 2016.
– FRS 115 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, effective for annual periods on or after 1 Jan 2017.
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