11,833 businesses in Kedah register for GST
Published on: Monday, March 02, 2015
Alor Setar: A total of 11,833 businesses in Kedah have registered for the Goods and Services (GST), exceeding the target of 8,000 companies, Kedah Royal Customs Department director Abdul Latif Abdul Kadir said.He said however, about 1,300 eligible companies failed to do so as the registration exercise came to a close on Saturday. "The Customs Department expects to collect RM806 million in GST revenue from the 11,833 companies in Kedah this year," he told reporters after launching an integrated GST operation against GST defaulters here, Sunday.
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Abdul Latif said the department had ways to detect errant companies, including getting their particulars from Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) and the Inland Revenue Board (IRB). Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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