一名本地男子從馬來西亞入境時，企圖逃避370多元的消費稅，而被海關官員發現，被處以3700元的罰款。
新加坡海關在Facebook發文稱，一名34歲的新加坡男子上個星期四在兀蘭關卡入境時，刻意低價申報了他在馬來西亞購買的200件長裙的價值，試圖躲避消費稅，而被海關人員截停。
文告說，男子購買這些長裙是要在本地售賣，而他申報的價值只是真實價格的七分之一，企圖蒙混過關。最終被處于應繳稅款的10倍，也就是3700元的罰款。
英文原文：
Two observant Singapore Customs officers stopped a traveller’s attempt to evade Goods and Services Tax (GST) at the Woodlands Checkpoint on 28 June 2018.
The officers found that the value declared by a 34-year-old Singaporean man for more than 200 long dresses bought in Malaysia was too low and suspected that it was an attempt to evade GST.
Further investigations revealed that the actual value was about seven times higher than the amount declared by the man. The dresses were meant for sale in Singapore, and the man had under-declared the value of the dresses in an attempt to maximise his profits.
The amount of GST evaded amounted to over $370. The man was issued with a composition sum of $3,700 for under-declaring the value of the items brought into Singapore.
It is the responsibility of travellers to make accurate and complete declarations of all taxable items brought into Singapore. Under the Customs Act, any person who fail to declare or make an incorrect declaration of taxable goods may be compounded up to 10 times the amount of duty and/or GST evaded, or charged in Court.