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12/09/2014
11/09/2014
GST Malaysia Diary for laymen: A4.To businesses
Generally
speaking, if your business is providing taxable supply and annual turnover is
more than RM500,000, you are subject to Sec 20 GST Act 2014 , mandatory registration. There is not much different from sole proprietor who providing
business from a legal entity view (Sdn Bhd, Bhd & etc) in determining
whether your company is subject to GST registration.
If your company
is providing taxable supply, different sources of taxable supply and the annual
total amount of taxable supply is more than RM500,000, you have to take action
to register your business under Royal Malaysian Custom Department (RMCD) before
31 December 2014. Fairly say that, unless the company is an inactive company
(dormant) or an investment holding company (with rental income from residential
property, mainly receiving dividend from subsidiary or dealing with exempted supplies), you are most likely subject to be
register.
Kindly be noted
that, a late registration penalty of not more than twenty five percent will
also be imposed on the unpaid tax due. If the person refused to be registered,
he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding RM50,000 or to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding three (3) years or to both.
Note:
Thanks for your time spending with me to read on my thought, for continue
reading, please refer to my topic E0. End topic: Actions you need to prepare
for GST implementation;
If you need assistance in registering your GST license, please do not hesitate to contact me, an GST agent authorized under 170 GSTA, 2014 .
Who are liable to register for GST (Malaysia) - Section 20 - Mandatory registration of GST tax payer
Note: Kindly be noted that this post may subject to change and merely for the reference who are used to legislation wording in the act.
Section 20 - Mandatory registration of GST tax payer:-
GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (AMOUNT OF TAXABLE SUPPLY) ORDER 2014
Section 20 - Mandatory registration of GST tax payer:-
GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (AMOUNT OF TAXABLE SUPPLY) ORDER 2014
10/29/2014
Goods and service tax Malaysia guide for laymen/layman:- A3.To sole prop retailer
Dear
Entrepreneur, please check that whether your yearly total turnover (sales) is
achieving to an amount of RM500,000? Or the
total turnover from all sources of business (if you selling furniture, part-time distributing newspaper, repairing
electrical equipment, providing renovation services & etc.) for last 12
months is more than RM500,000, you are
mandatory to be register.
A late
registration penalty of not more than twenty five percent will also be imposed
on the unpaid tax due. If the person refused to be registered, he shall be
liable to a fine not exceeding RM50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three (3) years or to both.
RM500,000 is an
amount that the monthly sales of RM41,000. Or in more physical thought, an
average living cost may goes to RM40K a year, business profit margin is average
on 30% of turnover. A cooper operating a business with one to two staff, they
need a turnover of RM533,333 to survive (RM40K/30% x 4).
Note:
Thanks for your time spending with me to read on my thought, for continue
reading, please refer to my topic E0. End topic: Actions you need to prepare
for GST implementation.
If you face any problem or issues either related to direct tax (income tax) or indirect tax (GST, import duty, sales tax, service tax & etc) you are most welcome to contact me. I would only charge my friend the mobilization fees (if necessary) base on the business size and time spend.
10/18/2014
10/11/2014
GST Diary for layman - A2. What is GST to consumer
Not to be surprise, I would generally say that, everyone who living
in Malaysia will start to do some contribution to our nation economy
development through paying GST. Yes, everyone including your pet, when you buy
pet food from a taxable person (pet shop).
To be more simple, all the stuff that you could not find their name
in either GST
Exempt List or Zero
Rated List, you may need to pay an additional 6% GST on top of the price that
you paying now if you are buying from a registered person (expected nearly
>90% of business ).
Kindly be noted that, there are some differences between GST vs
Sales & Services tax. Other than the items to be included, the seller
involved in GST is also many more timesssss than the Sales and Services tax.
E.g. Take account that a common restaurant takes space of 24 x 75
sq. with 60 seats could serve for 480 heads count a day, total 14,400 heads a
month or 172,800 heads a year, each customer averagely RM15 per visit, the
annual turnover of the restaurant is about RM2,592,000, which is not even up to
the service tax threshold of RM3,000,000 for restaurant operate outside hotel.
Further, count on how many restaurants be fully engaged all the time from open
to closed? We would say that’s nearly impossible unless the restaurant is a
retailer chain of business or has branches to contribution and get to meet the
threshold. However, GST reduce such threshold from RM3,000,000 to RM500,000,
which is a restaurant with same physical set up, charge not more than RM10 per
visit, only the lunch & dinner time is fully engaged, yearly turnover could
be easily more than RM864,000 (RM10 x 60 x 4 x 30 x 12).
So, please do not be surprise that the Indian Mamak store in next
door is collecting GST from you, do not surprise that even a small convenient
stall with only half shop lot book store operate below the low cost flat is
also collecting GST from you when you getting a magazine there.
Note: Thanks for your time spending with me to read on
my thought, for continue reading; please refer to my topic E0. End topic:
Actions you need to prepare for GST implementation
GST Malaysia Diary for laymen - A1.1.Meaning of "Supply" in GST
Sec 4 - Meaning of “supply”, GST Act 2014
(1) subject to subsections (2) and (3), “supply” means all forms of
supply, including supply of imported services, done for a consideration and
anything which is not a supply of goods but is done for a consideration is a
supply of services.
(2) Matters to be treated as a supply of goods or a supply of
services shall be as specified in the First schedule.
(3) Matters to be treated as neither a supply of goods nor a supply
of services shall be as specified in the second schedule.
(4) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, amend the
First schedule and second schedule.
(5) Any order made under subsection (4) shall be laid before the
Dewan Rakyat.
10/09/2014
GST Diary for layman - A.1.Scope of GST
GST is charged on:-
a) any taxable supply of goods
and services;
b) made in the course or
furtherance of any business;
c) by a taxable person;
d) in Malaysia.
Ref: Para 5, GST General Guide
In other words, Malaysia will soon
to have a superior tax regulation system not only charge on certain persons who
need to fulfil some requirement (e.g. at least earning RM14,000 by not claiming any alternative relief
may subject to income tax), but
also a pet fish eat something that may cost a buck (e.g.RM1).Example: any taxable goods (fish food)
supply by a taxable person (pet shop) is subject to GST. Thus, Malaysia will sooner become a developed nation that even a pet fish, dog, cat will also take part to contribute their portion to the nation economy via GST.
When we talk about the word “taxable supply”, we
do not have specific list or mentioned item would be fall under the category of
“taxable supply” same like Sales Tax or Services Tax, but we do have an exemption supplies list of goods (residential land and property) and services (e.g. Financial,
Accommodation Education & etc.). In short, everything is not exempt supply
they are taxable supply. Thus, you could imagine that when the moment you came
out from restroom in a shopping center which they collect a 20 cents from you,
and if they are GST taxable person, you are required to pay additional 6% GST
to Royal Malaysian Custom Department (RMCD)on top of the 20 cents collected by
the taxable person.
To
specifically understanding on each individual item (or specific item you are
dealing with) is subject to GST, kindly refer to my topic [Types of supplies].
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