How to Avoid Costly GST Errors

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How to avoid costly GST errors?


Introduction

This guide will help you to easily identify the common GST errors in GST Returns. To minimize GST amendment and incorrect GST Returns to RMCD.
You may wish to take note the follow errors commonly made by businesses:
1. Standard Rated Supply (5a) and Output Tax (5b)
2. Stanadard Rate and Flat Rate Acquisitions (6a), and Input Tax (6b)
3. Carry forward refund for GST?
4. Local Zero-Rated Supplies
5. Export Supplies
6. Exempt Supplies
7. Supplies Granted GST Relief
8. Goods Imported Under Approved Trader Scheme and GST Suspended
9. Capital Goods Acquired
10. Bad Debt Relief
11. Bad Debt Recovered
12. Output tax value breakdown into Major Industries Code (MSIC Code)
13. Disallowed Input Tax
14. Other important info required in GAF


Standard Rated Supply (5a) and Output Tax (5b)

Stanadard Rate and Flat Rate Acquisitions (6a), and Input Tax (6b)

Carry forward refund for GST?

Local Zero-Rated Supplies

Export Supplies

Exempt Supplies

This refer to the following types:-

a. Services:-
1. Private education
2. Private health services
3. Domestic transportation of passengers for mass Public Transports (eg. by rail, ship, boat, ferry, express bus, stage bus, school bus, feeder bus, workers bus and taxi)
4. Toll highway
5. Interest income from deposits placed with a financial institution in Malaysia
6. Interest received from loans provided to employees (factoring receivables)
7. Realized foreign exchange gains.


b. Goods:-
1. Residential properties
2. Land for agricultural use
3. Land for general user (ie. burial ground, playground or religious building)


Supplies Granted GST Relief

Goods Imported Under Approved Trader Scheme and GST Suspended

Capital Goods Acquired

Bad Debt Relief

Bad Debt Recovered

Output tax value breakdown into Major Industries Code (MSIC Code)

Disallowed Input Tax

Other important info required in GAF

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