to COLLECT SERVICE TAX!!
sales turnover exceeding RM3mil MUST be licensed under
the SERVICE TAX ACT 1975.
For any of you who are forced to pay to the other premises who are still charging the 5% service tax even though their names are not in this list, please do us all a favour by reporting their actions to:
i) cd@customs.gov.my OR
ii) kastam@customs.gov.my
Rights as a resident of Malaysia (irrespective of nationality):-
1. The public can decline to pay service tax to restaurant owners who fail to display their service tax license issued by the Royal Malaysian Customs.
2. The public have the rights to demand for receipts or invoices indicating that the 5% Service Tax payment or 5% tax inclusive payment has been made.
3. The public can make cross references of the list of restaurants licensed under the Service Tax Act 1975 in the Customs website at www.customs.gov.my or with the State Customs Director / Head of the Internal Revenue Division at the respective states & rsquo; Customs offices.
4. The public can submit their complaints / suggestions to the Customs Department via these e-mail addresses: cd@customs.gov.my or kastam@customs.gov.my or to the Head of the Internal Revenue Division at the respective states & rsquo; Customs offices.
5. The public can obtain and download service tax information / guidelines from the Customs website at www.customs.gov.my under the heading “Internal Revenue & rdquo; with the sub-heading “Service Tax”.
6. Please be informed that failure to obtain a service tax license and issuing invoices, if convicted,can lead to a fine of RM5,000 or jail term of not more than 2 years, or both.
Oh ya... The list provided above only have 415 names listed in it, I'm not too sure about the other 20 as in the report it was stated that there were 435 premises listed under the SERVICE TAX ACT 1975 but the list is updated till now.
