The Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Malaysia will be reduced from the existing rate of 6% to 0% starting from 1 June 2018. While you might have encountered a fake announcement regarding it few days ag…
MCMC: Prepaid Users Will Receive GST Rebate Within 24 Hours After Reloading
As per Prime Minister’s announcement during Budget 2016 back in October, prepaid users will be able to enjoy GST rebate scheme starting from 1 January 2016. The actual mechanism for the rebate was not…
PIKOM Wants Broadband Price Reduction, GST Exemption for ICT Products, And More Under Budget 2016
Truth to be told, the National ICT Association of Malaysia (PIKOM) role in the local ICT industry is much more than just being the organizer of PC Fair. Given that it represents more than 1,000 inform…
Confirmed: GST Will Not be Charged for Prepaid Reloads, But On Usage
In a press conference held earlier today, the Communications and Multimedia Ministry has agreed that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) imposed on prepaid reloads will be based on usage, instead of the …
#MYGST: How Does the New GST Affect Your Purchasing Power?
Malaysians woke up today with the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) applied to, well, basically almost everything. Despite that, there are still plenty of confusion among consumers: will this be more e…
Confirmed: GST Is Added On Top of Prepaid Top Up’s Price, Consumers To Receive Free Minutes and SMS
Yesterday, it was reported certain telcos have apparently defied the order from the Royal Malaysian Customs to not increase the prices of prepaid top ups after the implementation of GST. This has led …
Prices Of MSI Notebooks Increase With The Arrival of GST: Differences Of Up To RM 2500
Late last month, MSI Malaysia has announced that the pricing for its laptops will be updated in conjunction with the implementation of GST that took place yesterday. True enough, it seems like the pri…
Prepaid Reload Coupons Subject To 6% GST Charges
It is now the 1st of April 2015, and the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is already underway. Malaysia’s new tax system applies to many of the products and services in Malaysi…
Apple Increases Price of All iPads in Malaysia to Reflect GST Charges
As expected, all iPads sold in Malaysia on Apple Malaysia’s online store are now 6% more expensive than before. The price increase is to reflect GST charges and was published on Apple’s website at the…
Apple Raises Prices of All iPhone Models in Malaysia After GST Implementation
At the stroke of midnight, almost everything became 6% more expensive. One of the first, and perhaps most significant, companies to raise prices of its products here in Malaysia is Apple, which earlie…
OPPO Malaysia: We Will Absorb GST, Product’s Pricing Remains The Same
As you might have heard, 1 April 2015 will mark the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Malaysia. For the past few days, several companies have announced how GST is going to impact their…
GST Will Affect Online Banking, Over-the-Counter and MEPS Transactions
Image credit: Huffington Post Now that the implementation of Malaysia’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) is less than two weeks away, it looks companies are slowly coming out to clarify which produc…