Singapore legislation

Regulation 50B

of Goods and Services Tax (General) Regulations

Regulation 50B

Revocation of approval and recovery of refund made as tax due

Amended byS 215/2016 wef 01/07/2016S 845/2013 wef 01/01/2014S 215/2016 wef 01/07/2016

Subregulation 1

Where the Comptroller or any proper officer of customs ascertains that a tourist or a person who has held himself out to be a tourist —

(a)

does not satisfy any of the conditions under regulation 50(1) or (1A), or both, as the case may be;

(b)

has failed to comply with regulation 50A(1); or

(c)

is not a tourist within the meaning of regulation 49, the Comptroller may revoke any approval for a refund under the scheme (whether granted before, on or after 1st January 2014 to the tourist or person).

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 215/2016 wef 01/07/2016

Where —

(a)

an approval for a refund under the scheme is revoked under paragraph (1) after the refund has been made to the tourist or person by a taxable person; and

(b)

the Comptroller has made a refund to the taxable person because of the refund referred to in sub-paragraph (a), the tourist or person shall, upon notification by the Comptroller of the revocation, whether by way of service of a notice in writing or otherwise, immediately repay to the Comptroller the amount of the refund referred to in sub-paragraph (a).

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 845/2013 wef 01/01/2014S 215/2016 wef 01/07/2016

For the avoidance of doubt, sections 78, 79 and 82 of the Act shall apply to the recovery of the amount of the refund referred to in paragraph (2).