Property Hunter Magazine Property Hunter Magazine Issue 54 - May 2014 | Page 30

/// East Malaysia Property News Youth Can Forget About Owning a Decent House in a Years Time National DAPSY Publicity Secretary Junz Wong told BN Federal Government to consider the younger generations before implementing GST. Junz said it was disappointing that BN has once again overlooked on the difficulties of Rakyat living especially the younger generations. Junz claimed that If GST was imposed on houses, lands and cars, then young generations could forget about owning a decent house after April 2015. ACCUMULATED CHAIN REACTION of GST on prices of houses :Raw materials procured from importers, port & forwarding services will be taxed. Suppliers selling the processed materials to developers will be taxed. Transportation costs to deliver these materials will be taxed. Developers buying lands will be taxed. “Not to mention other extra burden our citizens will have to fork out such as telephones bills, electricity bills, streamyx internet bills, normal household items etc How can our younger generations afford a house by 2015?” Junz asked. SABAHAN FURTHER DISCRIMINATED BY GST Junz Wong who is also DAP Sabah Organizing Secretary said Sabahans would be most badly affected. “Sabah is arguably the poorest state with low income but extremely expensive cost of living and overpriced houses. With GST Sabahans would be paying more tax than any Malaysians outside Sabah because our goods in general are more expensive than theirs.” Junz explained. GST is a policy which will only further discriminate and marginalize Sabahans, Junz concluded. Developer will use all the (already taxed) materials to build houses on the (taxed) land and houses sold will be taxed again. At the end of the day, all the related players will not earn less profits by the newly implemented GST and thus all burdens will be passed down to the end users which are the house buyers. The house buyers are our struggling Mala \