Menteri cendoi buat lawak pula dah...

Datuk Seri Hasan Malek meminta peniaga agar mencontohi pengusaha cendol di Kuala Selangor yang menurunkan harga sebanyak 20 sen selepas kerajaan mengurangkan subsidi bahan api baru-baru ini.

Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri, Koperasi dan Kepenggunaan itu berkata, perkara ini dikesan semasa pihaknya mengadakan 75,851 pemeriksaan di seluruh negara untuk memantau harga barangan bermula 2 hingga 12 Oktober lalu.

"Pengusaha ini menurunkan harga cendolnya 20 sen. Tindakan itu sepatutnya dicontohi pengusaha atau peniaga lain dan bukan mengambil kesempatan di atas pengumuman pengurangan subsidi berkenaan," katanya seperti dilaporkan Harian Metro hari ini.

"Pemeriksaan dilakukan di premis perniagaan dan pasar. Sepanjang pemeriksaan memang ada kes atau aduan kenaikan harga barangan, tetapi tidak banyak, malah ada yang menurunkan harga seperti dilakukan pengusaha cendol di Kuala Selangor."

Tindakan Putrajaya mengurangkan subsidi bahan api berkuatkuasa 2 Oktober lepas menyebabkan harga RON 95 meningkat daripada RM 2.10 kepada RM2.30 seliter manakala harga diesel pula meningkat daripada RM2.00 kepada RM2.20 seliter.

Pemotongan subsidi RON 95 dan diesel itu merupakan sebahagian daripada program rasionalisasi subsidi Putrajaya – mengundang kemarahan ramai pihak yang bimbang ianya akan menyebabkan peningkatan harga pelbagai barangan dan keperluan.

"Cendol Bakar" di Kuala Selangor sememangnya terkenal dan menjadi tarikan orang ramai untuk datang menikmati sajian tersebut.

Sejak kenaikan harga RON 95 dan diesel, pengusaha cendol tersebut mula menawarkan promosi dengan menurunkan harga cendol jualan mereka.

Ia juga turut dipaparkan melalui iklan yang berbunyi:" Minyak naik 20 sen seliter? Kami turun harga 20 sen semangkuk."

Sebelum ini pengusaha tersebut menjual cendol dengan harga RM2.20 bagi semangkuk. Selepas RON95 dan diesel naik sebanyak 20 sen, mereka mengurangkan harga cendol mereka kepada RM2.00 semangkuk.- tmi

Ghee Hoong - Cendol RM2.20 sangat mahal lah! Turun 0.20 is normal. Di KL cendol RM1.80 pun ada

Joe Janggut  - Otak macam ni boleh diangkat jadi menteri ka? di tengah kegelisahan dan kesusahan rakyat akibat kenaikan kos hidup, kamu bandingkan harga minyak dengan harga cendol? malang sungguh malaysia tanahairku bermenterikan otak seperti ini!

Abdul Rahim Ismail - Kalau nak ikut logic yang sama, nampaknya gaji ahli parlimen dan mereka yang berkenaan pun mencontohi peniaga tersebut dan kenalah diturunkan juga. Any takers??

Michael Tan - Suruh gaji menteri perdagangan di turun 50%,tengok apa reaksi beliau??

Agong, heads of state exempted from GST...

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the heads of state will exempted from paying the goods and services tax (GST) on all items except petroleum, according to a list gazetted by the government yesterday.

Known as the Goods and Services Tax (Relief) Order 2014, the 42-page document spells out a list of groups and individuals, the goods and services that they may import or purchase without being charged the GST, and the conditions imposed.

This relief is in addition to two other lists gazetted by the government, which list the items that are GST-exempt and items that are zero-rated.

For the Agong, the only condition needed to have his purchases tax-exempt is “that it is proved to the satisfaction of the director-general (of Customs) that the goods are imported, purchased from a registered person or purchased under the warehousing scheme for the personal or official use of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong”.

The conditions for the heads of state, including governors, are similar, except for an additional condition that the number of tax-exempt cars do not exceed the number decided by the Council of Rulers.

All purchases given relief should not be sold, given or left unaccounted for, unless tax for it has been paid, the document adds.

Also enjoying tax relief on all goods except petrol are government departments, both at the federal and state level.

Unlike the rulers however, they are subject to more conditions and imported cars are not given relief, and is solely for the use of the department.

Commenting on the relief list, Deloitte Malaysia partner Tan Eng Yew said the list was odd and probably a “legacy” from the Sales and Services Tax (SST) system that will be abolished once GST is in force.

This is because most countries only have a list of tax-exempt and zero-rated items, whereas both the government and the royalty have both enjoyed tax exemptions under SST.

Other purchases that are given relief from paying GST include:

• All goods except motor vehicles and petrol for charities;
   
• All goods except intoxicating liqueur and tobacco imported through air courier services, provided that its value is less than RM500 per consignment;
   
• Medical equipment of private healthcare facilities;
   
• Teaching equipment and materials for institutions of higher learning and private schools;
   
• Equipment for foreign travel writers and journalists, on condition that it is re-exported once their work in Malaysia is completed;
   
• Personal effects of any person entering Malaysia, plus up to a litre of alcoholic drinks, up to 225 grams of tobacco and up to RM75 in food for personal use; and
   
• One foreign-registered motor vehicle for foreign nationals or Malaysians holding permanent resident status, provided that it does not remain in the country for more than three months. - mk

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