Prepaid tax suspension an election ploy...

PKR director of strategy Mohd Rafizi Ramli questioned if the government's decision to have telecommunication companies put off the six percent service tax on prepaid users is just an election ploy.

He said he was relieved that the telcos were not imposing the tax but thought it would be wise to exercise caution.

"Does this mean the suspension of the tax is only till the 13th general election to fulfil the prime minister's wishes?" he said.

Earlier today, Information, Communications and Culture Minister Rais Yatim announced that the government had struck an agreement with four major telcos in the country to continue absorbing the six percent tax. Rafizi criticised Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's handling of the situation.

"My opinion is that Najib's handling of the people's anger towards the tax sends the wrong signal to businesses. I'm sure many other companies that collect services taxes according to the law are worried that they would get a phone call from the Prime Minister's Office at any time to suspend their taxes."

Semua empat pengendali utama telekomunikasi (telco) di negara ini bersetuju menangguhkan kutipan cukai perkhidmatan enam peratus ke atas pengguna talian telefon prabayar sehingga perbincangan semula dengan Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM).

"Perbincangan melibatkan pengurusan utama Celcom, Maxis, Digi dan U Mobile berlangsung dalam suasana cukup baik, mereka menerima baik nasihat kementerian, pandangan kerajaan serta sentimen yang dilahirkan Perdana Menteri (Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak)," kata Menteri Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan, Datuk Seri Rais Yatim selepas bermesyuarat kira-kira sejam bersama wakil pengurusan tertinggi syarikat telekomunikasi itu.

source:malaysiakini

Ingat!!! bukan batal tapi ditangguh. Sampai bila? Lepas PRU-13 nanti...

cheers.