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Published on: Friday, January 30, 2015
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(GST), DAP Sabah Vice Chairman Chan Foong Hin claimed.

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According to him, many sundry shop owners who do accounting for business the old fashioned way, through manual entries into
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ledgers, said they found the GST too daunting and confusing to incorporate. Additionally, it is just too costly for them to hire an
accountant to help with the bookkeeping. Uber drops pervert driver

"The traditional sundry shop owners feel reluctant to adapt to the GST implementation. They said it is too much trouble and they don't Three seriously hurt in Kota Marudu collision

understand the whole process, so they might as well just close down the business," Chan said. Grassroots approach to arrest graft

The Sri Tanjong Assemblyman claimed that at least six or seven traditional businesses in his constituency have decided to close down AirAsia offers special 50-hour ash sale to all Asean
due to the implementation of GST on April 1. destinations

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high income status or else all small businesses and the people will suffer as it will inevitably lead to high ination."

If Putrajaya insists on introducing the tax, Chan said the threshold for traders to register with the Finance Ministry under the GST regime ADVERTISEMENT
should be increased from the current minimum annual taxable supply turnover of RM500,000 to RM2 million.

"The move is necessary to help small traders whose costs would be increased due to the tax and devaluation of the ringgit.

Otherwise, many shops would close down when the GST implementation begins on April 1."

Chan argued that the implementation of GST hurts small traders and businesses, as the RM500,000 annual transaction threshold is just
way too low, adding that many businesses may have that volume of transactions but it doesn't translate into huge prot.

"GST implementation means a substantial increase in the administration cost for small traders and businesses. Najib should listen to
the people to deal with the adverse impact of the GST implementation. It is unfair to make the common people the scapegoats of
inefcient management of economy of the country, while the whole economy is in decline.

"The Federal Government should focus on making its administration competent, accountable and transparent, instead of implementing
GST to make the common people at the grassroots as the scapegoats of the Government's failure," Chan concluded.

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