SINGAPORE: A total of 115 travellers were caught at Changi Airport for failing to declare dutiable and taxable goods, Singapore Customs and the Immigration and Checkpoint Authority (ICA) said on Monday (May 29). These travellers failed to declare and pay duties and Goods and Services Tax (GST) on cig
SINGAPORE: A total of 115 travellers were caught at Changi Airport for failing to declare dutiable and taxable goods, Singapore Customs and the Immigration and Checkpoint Authority said on Monday .
In one instance, a Singaporean man was fined after he was found with five undeclared luxury bags that he and his girlfriend bought overseas. The bags were valued at S$13,825 and the amount of GST involved was S$1,106. An employment pass holder was also found to have falsely declared a bottle of whisky as GST goods using the Customs@SG application to avoid payment of excise duty of S$15.14.The authorities said the total amount of duty and GST recovered following the week-long enforcement operation was S$18,491. The total composition sum or penalty imposed was close to S$28,000.
Singapore Customs and ICA strongly encouraged travellers to make an advance declaration and payment for their dutiable or GST goods up to three days prior to their arrival in Singapore. They can do so using the Customs@SG web application.
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