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Section 75, The Goods and Services Tax Act, 2009
Status not yet checkedThe Goods and Services Tax Act, 2009, Sierra Leone
(1) A person who is knowingly concerned in or takingsteps with a view to, the fraudulent evasion of GST by him or any
other person, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine
not exceeding the greater of Le 5,000,000 or 100% of the GST evaded
or sought to be evaded or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
one year or to both the fine and imprisonment.
(2) The amount of any assessment issued as a result of
the audit of the accounts of taxable persons by the Commissioner-
General shall include interest and where the Commissioner-General
can demonstrate by notice in writing that he has reasonable grounds
to suspect that any or all of the GST underpaid or overclaimed is as
a result of a deliberate act of evasion, penalties calculated in
accordance with section 58 from the date on which the liability arose
to the date of issuance of the assessment shall apply.
(3) An assessment made under subsection (2) is
recoverable by the Commissioner-General as a tax payable by the
person.
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