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30 June 2008
Short Talk:
The Miss Malaysia World pageant is gruesomely diffferent this year. Instead of voting your favourite girl in, you eliminate others by 'killing' them on their website.
Remember that leggy girl in the short white bunny outfit from the Nuffnang Wild Live Party? Her name is Germaine and she's one of the contestants as well.
The Best Tax Advice Ever
Like a typical Malaysian, I submitted my income tax forms on the very last day of the deadline.

In total, I have to pay several hundred ringgit in taxes to LHDN, so now the government can use my money to build more SMART tunnels.
My income situation didn't use to be that complicated, so prevously I got someone else to do it for me. This year is the first year I had to submit my tax declaration as a business owner. And I also took a shot at filling out my tax forms completely on my own.

It's not easy, mind you. It's almost like we're expected have a degree in taxation to be able to fill out these tax forms.
As if it was not daunting enough that a first timer like me had to understand all the different tax laws, LHDN had to make my life more difficult by publishing the forms in BAHASA MALAYSIA.
Being new to this, I was obviously blown away by the various jargons and ended up as confused as a thirsty baby in a tittie bar.
Every few minutes, I have to stop and search for answers online.
It was during one of my searches that I suddenly stumbled upon this gem on Yahoo Answers.

That my friend, the BEST advice ever given.
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77 Comments:
i pay tax too.
Posted by: (='.'=) at 30 June 2008 9:51 AM | Link to comment
2nd =D
Hahaha... too true!
Posted by: Adam at 30 June 2008 9:54 AM | Link to comment
From picture looks like very, bloody complicated form. This is malaysia, filling form always a headache. Do u think we can report lower income ah? will they check so properly?
Posted by: rhu at 30 June 2008 10:02 AM | Link to comment
It so true but there's nothing we can do about :(
we still need to pay the taxes
Posted by: Ren at 30 June 2008 10:04 AM | Link to comment
I couldn't agree less
Posted by: jestang at 30 June 2008 10:13 AM | Link to comment
hahahaha! agree :D
Posted by: sie at 30 June 2008 10:37 AM | Link to comment
Agreed.
Taxes are supposed to be used to improve the country, not to feed the ministers.
Hopeless country.
Posted by: Joe at 30 June 2008 10:49 AM | Link to comment
Albert Einstein:
'The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.'
Posted by: John from Perth at 30 June 2008 11:16 AM | Link to comment
http://www.missworldmalaysia.com.my/Contestants/koh_tsu_yi.html
wtf
5'2 also can join now ar?? what happened to at least 165cm/ 5'5?
ok lar.. still better than last year that adeline lar.
Posted by: naeboo at 30 June 2008 11:23 AM | Link to comment
and btw, i thought malays are banned from joining? why got this heidi RAHMAN there.....
hmmmm,....
Posted by: naeboo at 30 June 2008 11:25 AM | Link to comment
Haha.. Jia lat if someone decided to find out who this person is.
Posted by: The Horny Bitch at 30 June 2008 11:30 AM | Link to comment
err...how to explain,
she's a mix and her mum a Chinese..
Posted by: rhu at 30 June 2008 11:32 AM | Link to comment
this happens in malaysia so often:S di keluar kan...
Posted by: tw at 30 June 2008 11:46 AM | Link to comment
There're reference documents in Chinese and English at the following link.
I use them myself since I can't read Malay.
http://www.hasil.org.my/english/eng_NO5_1.asp
Posted by: Kwl at 30 June 2008 11:51 AM | Link to comment
but she not muslim lah, no need di keluarkan..
plus her surname not RAHMAN, is RAMAN..
her mandarin anytime better than u..
haha..
Posted by: rhu at 30 June 2008 11:52 AM | Link to comment
and by no means it was a very good answer by yahoo answers
Posted by: tw at 30 June 2008 11:52 AM | Link to comment
that is awesomely good advice...
Posted by: YuV at 30 June 2008 12:03 PM | Link to comment
wah... u guys talking about tax... remind me i haven't paid my tax.. heheh... LOL.. but u guys saying it's true... LOL!!!
Posted by: swE3tapple at 30 June 2008 12:10 PM | Link to comment
Kill the others, except Chan H.C.
A friend.
Posted by: Matthew at 30 June 2008 12:19 PM | Link to comment
ya, the form very "mafan" 1, juz ask the accountant do for u lo, if u hire 1, haha. Agree to the yahoo answer~!!
Posted by: Senel at 30 June 2008 12:20 PM | Link to comment
Don't be a whinning nerd. You always like to protrait yourself as a high-tech guy then why still use the hardcopy version? Use on-line la stupid.
Posted by: Pegawai LHDN at 30 June 2008 12:31 PM | Link to comment
just hire a good accountant to do it for you, no headache, stay relax.
Posted by: king at 30 June 2008 12:34 PM | Link to comment
Yeah, it's really tiring to do all this. There's online version of it, but it's still complicated, and sometimes the gov use a 20GB server for all applications perhaps, cos they never seem to be functional always. And then they charge the people for the price of a high tech server. Zzzzzz
I understand ur prob, cos my dad's an auditor. There's always clients coming for asking for help, esp nearing the deadline. Now shud be nearing the deadline in June/Jult for business entity. Anyway, all the best and gud luck! :P
Posted by: YM at 30 June 2008 12:54 PM | Link to comment
Just put in one income figure and cross out the rest of the boxes lah! hahahahaha
Posted by: Accountant at 30 June 2008 12:59 PM | Link to comment
Doing last min accounts for last min people T___T
Posted by: ahlost
at 30 June 2008
1:06 PM | Link to comment
Agreed. I pay tax too. not only u can't read BM, My friend in office also a same. hahaha, why la we living in Malaysia.
Posted by: shuttertalk at 30 June 2008 1:40 PM | Link to comment
Simple.. straight to the point..... I LIKE!
Posted by: Jason Geek at 30 June 2008 2:36 PM | Link to comment
Hahaha...good one...
Posted by: windwalker at 30 June 2008 3:52 PM | Link to comment
you need any consultant?
i am always happy to help, at a charge or course :P
wonder if income from blog advertising taxable?
Posted by: Ctax consultant. at 30 June 2008 4:02 PM | Link to comment
It is not a good answer!
Posted by: Doris at 30 June 2008 4:14 PM | Link to comment
"LHDN had to make my life more difficult by publishing the forms in BAHASA MALAYSIA"
duh...you live in malaysia, so use BAHASA MALAYSIA lah dork!!! go live somewhere else if you dont want BAHASA MALAYSIA as official language..
"paa pndueknye cnia tka rtei diunutng"...
Posted by: kenny siau at 30 June 2008 4:59 PM | Link to comment
Go to Travel>Asia Pacific>Malaysia at Yahoo Answers Kenny,
that's the place where malaysians hang out.
Posted by: gabriel at 30 June 2008 5:07 PM | Link to comment
I agree with kenny siau, even if you meant it as a joke, it is pretentious of you to say that when you yourself are a Malaysian.
Posted by: Peter at 30 June 2008 5:15 PM | Link to comment
haha... you should have a try dont pay tax..
Posted by: Crazyfool at 30 June 2008 6:32 PM | Link to comment
Fuck you K'Siau & Peter, just because malay is the official language doesn't mean it's the practical language. I doubt the malay taught in high school would suffice in terms of filling out the forms. Have you done tax law before? Capital gains tax, franked dividends, do we have an incremental or flat tax rate? Try turning all the laws that were drafted originally in english to malay and see what you get.
Malaysia doesn't only have malay speaking people in it, allowances should be made considering it is the government that wishes to tax the citizen. In layman terms, if you want my money make it easy for me to give it to you.
Sigh the old, "you live in malaysia, get out if you don't like it" is such a cliche". silly misguided nationalists
Posted by: Alex at 30 June 2008 7:30 PM | Link to comment
DOn't you try to avoid, under declare.
Every 7 years, you bound to be audited by tax official.
if you live and never die 100 years, your income will be taxed. they can track you back 10 years 20 years and estimate your income and tax you accordingly.
When you build up your wealth, bought houses, and new cars,they TAX men wll knock your door.
But if you have problems with tax man, i can arrange for special paid service to help you to sort things out. only big back dated problems.
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Posted by: LilyTan at 30 June 2008 7:37 PM | Link to comment
i second that
Posted by: JOshue at 30 June 2008 7:46 PM | Link to comment
True oso..we no need to pay tax to anyone..
Posted by: Mr. Rajawang at 30 June 2008 8:16 PM | Link to comment
Malaysia will always be Malaysia...
with our crappy pride and our senseless "memartabatkan bahasa Malaysia" issues...
It's a disgrace, really, when educators hide behind that sentiment so much that they themselves don't know how to communicate in English!
How to go global I ask you?
How to cater to international students I ask you?
How to make our country proud when you are not even on par with international standards?
It's no longer the issue of wanting to follow western trends.
How do you explain yourselves when you declare your UNIVERSITY as an ENGLISH ZONE and then say in undertones "its only written english zone, we dont speak english yet"?
I'm just so sick of all these people with their excuses designed to mask all their incompetencies.
Posted by: nicki at 30 June 2008 9:39 PM | Link to comment
i don't get the reason behind paying tax.
Posted by: Mahorela at 30 June 2008 9:49 PM | Link to comment
Don't pay the tax! The money goes into cronies too deep pockets.
Posted by: Jimy Wong at 30 June 2008 10:06 PM | Link to comment
Having difficulty in understanding the income tax form in Bahasa Malaysia?? Aren't you suppose to understand it since you are a Malaysian??
Posted by: malaisien at 30 June 2008 10:07 PM | Link to comment
Sarcastic yet funny. what a shot. lol
Posted by: Steven at 30 June 2008 11:00 PM | Link to comment
Feel so bodoh-wi to pay the tax cos I dun get much in return except for my pay. No good public transport, less fuel subsidy, the same goes to my food, I still pay for the facilities provided, general hospital sucks and lately even cause death to one of my student, ... etc. Sienz... Hope that garmen really going to decrease the % of tax that I going to pay next year.
Posted by: Choonie at 30 June 2008 11:09 PM | Link to comment
income tax can oni track back up to 7 years la..where got 20-30 years... but of cos penalty kau kau la..dun even need specialist to negotiate with them, just talk to them and the tax agent will 'settle' for you themselves. lol!
I dun mind martabatkan BM, but at least do it in a proper way. Now Dewan bahasa oni like to malaynised english words and claim it to be BM with pride..
Kita seharusnya prioritasikan(prioritize) bahasa melayu dengan mengemfasikan(emphasizing) pengusagean (usage) dan mengkreatkan (create) keimportansian (importance) BM.
Dun bother looking at the dictionary, there's no such words, at least now, but it might happen in the future.
Posted by: YM at 30 June 2008 11:15 PM | Link to comment
"Overthrow the government. We pay tax to no one!"
LOL! That's a good one, haha!
Posted by: dead_cockroach at 30 June 2008 11:55 PM | Link to comment
hahaa
overthrow the government?
better not let ISA catch your plan
xDD
Posted by: bryanhan at 30 June 2008 11:55 PM | Link to comment
Easy. Get the Big 4 to do your tax computations for u. Don't tell me you don't know how to do something as simple as that?
Posted by: Big 4 at 01 July 2008 12:27 AM | Link to comment
Kenny, next time don't know how to do call me...haha. I will help you to do. Yahoo Help is useless. Not applicable in M'sia context. Hahaha..
Posted by: ruehyinn@blueepinkk at 01 July 2008 1:11 AM | Link to comment
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people"
this is my answer if you ask me.ok la, i take this qoute from a movie. so can i be your friend ? i gave you best advice ever what! haha
Posted by: Aren at 01 July 2008 2:04 AM | Link to comment
don't want to pay tax? better migrate to BRUNEI-FREE INCOME TAX,FREE ROAD TAX & also FREE CAR IMPORT TAX.
Posted by: BorneoMan at 01 July 2008 2:41 AM | Link to comment
[quote]Fuck you K'Siau & Peter, just because malay is the official language doesn't mean it's the practical language. I doubt the malay taught in high school would suffice in terms of filling out the forms. Have you done tax law before? Capital gains tax, franked dividends, do we have an incremental or flat tax rate? Try turning all the laws that were drafted originally in english to malay and see what you get.[/quote]
I did my income tax form in Bahasa Malaysia with little problems. When I found something I did not understand while doing it with the so-to-speak High School level of BM, I never hesitated to ask the person in the Tax office. Is there a problem in asking? Kenny said he tried filling it out by himself. I agree with you that Tax laws are very technical. However, are you so sure that Kenny/layman could've filled it correctly without aid on the first try if it was in English?
I have friends in USA that even have problems filling their 401k forms and guess what? It is in English! o_O
[quote]Malaysia doesn't only have malay speaking people in it, allowances should be made considering it is the government that wishes to tax the citizen. In layman terms, if you want my money make it easy for me to give it to you.[/quote]
I see that you are being pretentious too. If it was done in English, what about those who do not understand it like the people who are poorly educated in the language? Are you going to say fuck them too? To settle this problem, the government did the rational and PRACTICAL thing to do; to put it in Bahasa Malaysia since EVERYONE was thought in BM in school.
[quote]Sigh the old, "you live in malaysia, get out if you don't like it" is such a cliche". silly misguided nationalists[/quote]
You are using a slippery slope argument here and it makes you sir, look like a retard. Learn to look at the context of what people are saying. I never said if Kenny Sia or anyone who has problems with doing their tax forms in BM they can get out.
I do not even consider myself a nationalist. My only concern is that, people as citizens of this country SHOULD at least be able to a certain degree be functional in Bahasa Malaysia and not whine about things should be in their own understandable language.
Posted by: Peter at 01 July 2008 7:53 AM | Link to comment
agree with peter, we should be adaptable, since BM is not that foreign afterall. I bet if the forms are in latin or spanish, someone else might even feel happy despite not knowing the language. *sigh*..
Btw, big 4 is definitely not feasible la, to the one speaking up there. Damn bloody expensive, I think kenny can use the fees to pay the big 4 to pay income tax for 10 years ady..
Posted by: YM at 01 July 2008 8:50 AM | Link to comment
[quote]"LHDN had to make my life more difficult by publishing the forms in BAHASA MALAYSIA"
duh...you live in malaysia, so use BAHASA MALAYSIA lah dork!!! go live somewhere else if you dont want BAHASA MALAYSIA as official language..
"paa pndueknye cnia tka rtei diunutng"...[/quote]
[quote]I agree with kenny siau, even if you meant it as a joke, it is pretentious of you to say that when you yourself are a Malaysian.[/quote]
I made a mistake in not being clear about what I agree with kenny siau. I agree with the former part of his statement about "if living in malaysia,use the national language" and not the latter about getting out of this country.
Posted by: Peter at 01 July 2008 9:12 AM | Link to comment
I hate income tax too! Tax tax tax but no improvement in the country..
Oh! OH! there is! "Some" people's wallets gets fatter each year while the Rakyat suffers. And with the recent cut on fuel subsidy, banyak lagi yang 'untung'-loh. Banyak except the "rakyat".
Never-use-brain Ministers...BAHHHH!
Posted by: Evelin at 01 July 2008 9:37 AM | Link to comment
you need any consultant?
i am always happy to help, at a charge or course :P
wonder if income from blog advertising taxable?
Posted by: Ctax consultant. at 30 June 2008 4:02 PM | Link to comment
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if u dont even know that, i dont think u wld be of any use.
btw, whats the use of arguing how BM is important in msia? even if u mastered BM, doesnt mean u will know right away how to fill in official forms correctly when it's all in tax jargons and so on.
every govt department in msia is filled with red tape and nonsense that only they understand.
Posted by: naeboo at 01 July 2008 9:47 AM | Link to comment
kenny, u gotta be kidding me!
Germaine muka mcm itu mana jadi Miss Msia?
Are u nuts?????
Posted by: arse-O at 01 July 2008 9:50 AM | Link to comment
haha... great find. good for a laugh. can you imagine how workers with taxable wages but are not entirely literate feel when doing this sorta thing?
another business avenue for the person who knows a little bit more about tax...charging an amount for tax forms to be filled out.
in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king
[howshouse.com]
Posted by: howshouse at 01 July 2008 11:38 AM | Link to comment
Yea! Overthrow the goverment! Say no to taxes! =D
Posted by: Jojo at 01 July 2008 2:29 PM | Link to comment
funny~
can type it out, say it out will be sending into Jail... maybe...
Shioks to hear that~
Posted by: DSvT at 01 July 2008 3:20 PM | Link to comment
Eh? This is not funny?
Wah, Kennysia.com earn too much until need to submit B Form kah, LOLz.
Posted by: Never Pay Tax at 01 July 2008 3:23 PM | Link to comment
That's a good one! I agree - overthrow the Govt and we don't pay taxes.
Posted by: foongpc at 01 July 2008 4:36 PM | Link to comment
maybe its just another plot of them, want u to file in taxes with mistakes and they charge u double
Posted by: tw at 01 July 2008 7:01 PM | Link to comment
hahahhah!!!
Posted by: hafizuddin at 01 July 2008 8:46 PM | Link to comment
lol - how true!
Posted by: banjaran at 01 July 2008 8:54 PM | Link to comment
just move to Cyprus or Liechtenstein, tax haven....
Posted by: regiew at 01 July 2008 8:56 PM | Link to comment
There is an english version of the Tax form which you can get from the LHDN website. Earn so much but never know how to use the internet to source out the documents. shame on you.
Posted by: mint at 01 July 2008 9:09 PM | Link to comment
mint, I know. Shame on you for jumping to conclusions. Doesn't mean it helped much for first-timers.
Posted by: kennysia
at 01 July 2008
10:01 PM | Link to comment
well then learn it buddy!
Posted by: mark at 01 July 2008 10:16 PM | Link to comment
Indeed, that was some smart ass reply!
Posted by: Quinsy at 02 July 2008 12:17 AM | Link to comment
I still haven't get back my tax rebate.
Posted by: Simon Seow at 02 July 2008 1:30 AM | Link to comment
You are right, the forms are so terrible.
Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 02 July 2008 5:09 AM | Link to comment
omg the forms look damn complicated.
it sucks so much because for some, bm isn't their mother tongue even though everyone learns it in sch. i mean if you're not a malay, do you speak bm at home? =.= i'm not a malaysian so i can't really say much... but from what i've read in the news, the ministers are really o____o it's a shame that you guys have got such an "unique" govt system.
Posted by: jmmmmm at 02 July 2008 9:40 AM | Link to comment
This year I hope a Sabahan will take the Miss Malaysia/World crown: Devenna or Joanne Kimberley:
http://worldrec.info/2008/06/12/joanne-kimberly-majalap-should-be-unduk-ngadau-2009
Posted by: pinolobu at 04 July 2008 4:21 PM | Link to comment
Under the 20-point agreement when Sabah & Sarawak formed malaysia. BM does not applied to these 2 states as the official medium for instruction. English is guarantteed perpetually. Look it up on the 20-point agreement and see what I mean. You can actually refuse to submit it, unless it is given to you in english, being sarawakian.
Posted by: william wang at 05 July 2008 10:58 PM | Link to comment
no taxation no representation !
Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 09 July 2008 5:15 PM | Link to comment
i like this post
Posted by: kenny at 30 July 2008 8:37 PM | Link to comment


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