Penalties for repeat offenders surpassed S$1 million, according to Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore
Over a thousand employers in Singapore have been prosecuted by the local tax authority after repeatedly failing to submit their employees' income data under the Auto-Inclusion Scheme (AIS).
The AIS simplifies the tax filing process by requiring employers to submit employee earnings directly to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS).
More than 12,000 AIS employers failed to submit on time in 2025, according to the IRAS, leading to inaccurate or delayed tax assessments for over 160,000 employees.
Some 1,207 repeat offenders were prosecuted in 2025, resulting in penalties exceeding S$1 million.
"These repeat offenders would have received multiple letters, emails and/or calls from IRAS to remind them of their filing obligations," the authority said in a media release.
"Majority of these employers are in the food and beverage, wholesale trade, and construction industries."
A total of 123,000 employers are under the AIS, giving over two million employees the convenience of pre-filled tax returns, No-Filing Service (NFS), or Direct Notice of Assessment (D-NOA) for Year of Assessment (YA) 2026.
This year, the IRAS set the 2025 employment income submission to March 1, ahead of the tax filing season.
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