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Taxpayer fined for filing incorrect tax returns
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A taxpayer was today (February
6) fined a total of $21,300 after pleading guilty at the Shatin
Magistracy to charges of making incorrect tax returns.
The defendant, Mr Kong Po Choi, was
charged with filing incorrect tax returns for the years of assessment
2000-2001 and 2001-2002 by making incorrect statements in connection
with the claim for dependent parent allowance. This was contrary
to section 80(2)(b) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance.
He declared that in each of the two
years of assessment, he had contributed $12,000 or more towards
the maintenance of the dependant. The Inland Revenue Department
later found that the dependant passed away on December 27, 1995.
A spokesman for the Inland Revenue
Department reminded people that making an incorrect statement in
connection with a claim for any deduction or allowance under the
ordinance was an offence. An offender is liable to a maximum fine
of $10,000 plus a further fine of three times the amount of tax
undercharged.
Ends/Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Issued at HKT 16:58
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