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Feb 13, 2010
Tax letter arrives years after death
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MY FAMILY received a letter from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) in November last year, regarding the estate of my grandfather who died in 1992. The letter was addressed to the trustees of his estate and requested payment of an outstanding tax and penalty for assessment year 1992.
The letter was brief and did not provide any details as to how the amount was reached. Only after calling the officer who wrote the letter, and because of our persistence, did we get another letter this month with a brief statement of account.
Fortunately, my parents had kept the records of payment in the storeroom and we found documentary proof of payment in 1993. But it is puzzling that it took the taxman nearly two decades to alert us.
Carol Ong (Ms)
Tax letter arrives years after death
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MY FAMILY received a letter from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) in November last year, regarding the estate of my grandfather who died in 1992. The letter was addressed to the trustees of his estate and requested payment of an outstanding tax and penalty for assessment year 1992.
The letter was brief and did not provide any details as to how the amount was reached. Only after calling the officer who wrote the letter, and because of our persistence, did we get another letter this month with a brief statement of account.
Fortunately, my parents had kept the records of payment in the storeroom and we found documentary proof of payment in 1993. But it is puzzling that it took the taxman nearly two decades to alert us.
Carol Ong (Ms)
