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GST Collection from Fees and Charges

Debated in Parliament on 4 Mar 2024.

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Leong Mun Wai asked what will be done with wrongly collected GST on 18 regulatory fees if taxpayers cannot be contacted or traced.
He inquired about the annual GST generated from over 5,000 government fees and charges from 2010 to 2023 and whether GST could be waived on all such fees.
Lawrence Wong stated that these questions were addressed in a prior parliamentary reply on 26 February 2024.

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Leong Mun Wai

#1

Mr Leong Mun Wai asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance what will be done with the Goods and Services Tax that was wrongly collected on the 18 fees that were regulatory in nature if the affected taxpayers can no longer be contacted or traced.

Leong Mun Wai

#2

Mr Leong Mun Wai asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (a) from 2010 to 2023, how much Goods and Services Tax (GST) was generated each year from the over 5,000 fees and charges collected by Government agencies; and (b) given the difficulty in determining whether these fees are regulatory or administrative in nature, whether the Government can consider waiving GST on all Government fees and charges and, if not, why not.

Lawrence Wong

#3

These questions were addressed in the reply to Parliamentary Questions No 2 and 3 on the Order Paper for 26 February 2024. [Please refer to "Reasons for Wrong Charging of GST by Government Agencies and Review of Processes to Prevent Recurrence", Official Report, 26 February 2024, Vol 95, Issue 124, Oral Answers to Questions section.]

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Leong Mun Wai asked what will be done with wrongly collected GST on 18 regulatory fees if taxpayers cannot be contacted or traced.
He inquired about the annual GST generated from over 5,000 government fees and charges from 2010 to 2023 and whether GST could be waived on all such fees.
Lawrence Wong stated that these questions were addressed in a prior parliamentary reply on 26 February 2024.

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