Stiff penalties for SST dodgers


KUALA LUMPUR: The Sales and Service Tax is coming back with more bite. The reintroduction of the SST in September will not merely be a revival of familiar laws. For one thing, tax dodgers will face stiffer penalties, including heftier fines and longer jail terms.

According to the Sales Tax Bill 2018, any person who evades the tax or assists someone in not paying the tax risks being fined between 10 times and 20 times the amount of sales tax. If found guilty, he can also be imprisoned for up to five years, or worse, he can be sentenced to both penalties.

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