All posts tagged "gst"
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559HeadlinesOnly 36 Percent of People in Singapore Believe Life Will Be Better 5 Years From Now
Only 36 percent of those living in Singapore believe that life for them and their families will be better economically in the...
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GST on Low Value Imports: Tax and Fees Now Cost More than the Item, Cry Consumers!
When Melinda Goh ordered a S$9.90 blouse from an online store based overseas, she did not expect the cost of GST and...
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PAP Does U-Turn on GST Hike: Irresponsible Becomes Responsible
Chee Hong Tat is already so high on something it’s lucky Singapore bans drugs. In an article in the PAP’s political newsletter,...
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Prices Rising Across the Board, but Government Still Bent on Raising GST
The first round of GST hikes is coming up in just a few months, ladies and gentlemen! Meanwhile, us Singaporeans are still...
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GST on Digital Services to Kick in Next Month, More than 100 Vendors Already Registered
Starting from 1 Jan 2020, consumers will have to pay 7 percent GST on overseas digital services such as Netflix. Other such...
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Budget 2019: Singapore’s GST “Not High” Even with Planned Increase, Says Heng
Singapore’s Goods and Service Tax is “not high”, according to Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, when compared with member countries in the...
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Former Malaysia PM Najib Razak Suggests that the Singapore Government is Bribing the Poor
Former Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak has suggested that the Singapore government is bribing the poor through the distribution of GST vouchers....
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Malaysia’s New Sales and Services Tax: A Fairer System that Singapore should Mimic?
The new Malaysian government has just announced a Sales and Services Tax (SST), months after it scrapped the 6% GST imposed by...
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Questions Raised about Singapore’s GST Hike as Malaysia Slashes GST to Zero Percent
Malaysia has slashed Goods and Service tax from 6 percent to zero percent. The change will be implemented from 1 June this...
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Government to Lower GST to 1 Percent from 2021 Following Result of Test Balloons
The government has announced that the Goods and Service Tax rate will be lowered to 1 percent from 2021, following the results...
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NTUC Confirms that Feedback on GST Hike was Gathered from Union Leaders before Budget 2018
The National Trades Union Congress has confirmed that it conducted a poll between November and December last year to gather feedback from...
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“Leaked” NTUC Survey Suggest GST “Test Balloons” were Launched
A survey alleged given to staff from the National Trade Union Congress (NTUC) suggest that “test balloons” were launched before the announcement...
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Indranee Rajah Faces Backlash for Renewed Attack on Sylvia Lim over GST Hike “Test Balloons” Suspicion
If you thought yesterday’s long-drawn and heated exchange in parliament over MP and Workers’ Party chairman Sylvia Lim’s GST hike “test balloons”...
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Malaysia Opposition Coalition Promises to Abolish GST if It Wins Coming Elections
In Singapore, we’re squabbling over “test balloons” and a GST hike that will take place in some 3 years time. In Malaysia,...
