And the theme is postponement.
And the bug is contagious. GST consultations for industries that were supposed to happen in December got pushed to January and then, February. In the month of February, the dates were flying about all over the already short month and now, there’s talk that some sessions could be postponed again.
In the private sector, tax courses organised in Hong Kong got moved to Singapore and then postponed to another date “a couple of months” into the future (read: indefinitely). Locally, one training course was also postponed, with no tentative date given.
Do we even need to go into politics at this point? Why not? A certain party election was… [fill in the blanks, this is getting predictable] to March.
P.S. Notice how the Finance Minister is grinning from ear to ear in every single picture taken of him in the last couple of days? Eeee… beh tahan.
Update @ 11am: GST sessions postponed indefinitely… again.
2 responses so far ↓
Becky // February 6, 2009 at 10:09 am
Nothing is surprising these days … after all, we have frogs, we have liars , we have toads … Malaysia Bull -eh …
GST ? what’s that ? No one has time for that when it’s so happening at the “kolam ” …
TD: That’s the similarity. A headless administration running on autopilot. Sounds like a plot for a horror flick.
mh // February 7, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Tax courses aren’t top priority nowdays. But under current economic conditions, postponement is a regular buzzword.
TD: Incidentally, the course was named “Effective Tax Planning During a Downturn”. I think I learnt the plan without going to the course. One, register and collect course fees. Two, defer course indefinitely so that the fees need not be refunded.