Friday 21 August 2009

Minutes of the Customs-Private Sector Consultative Panel Meeting No. 1/2009

The Royal Malaysian Customs (RMC) has recently released the minutes of the Customs-Private Sector Consultative Panel Meeting No.1/2009 held on 15 July 2009.  

Some of the issues discussed during the meeting were:
    • criteria for the approval of public bonded warehouse licence (issue no. 6),
    • proposal for on-line payment of service tax (issue no. 12),
    • duty payment with the surety of bank guarantee (issue no. 19),
    • delay in announcement of the ASEAN tariff reduction (issue no. 25),
    • delay in issuance of Customs ruling – service tax (issue no. 26),
    • refund of service tax on bad debts (issue no 28),
    • review of definition of taxable services in the  Second Schedule of the Service Tax Regulations 1975 (issue 29),
    • proposal to pay sales tax from the 10th to the15th of every month (issue no. 30),
    • payment of sales tax by telegraphic transfer (issue no. 31),
    • proposal to increase the threshold from  RM100,000 to RM 200,000 for the imposition of sales tax (issue no. 35),  and
    • abuse of licensed manufacturing warehouse (LMW) status (issue no.37).

Members can view the minutes at the Institute’s website.

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