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Home News Biz Sports Utusan Borneo thesundaypost Columns seeds.theborneopost.com Archive Home - News - Sarawak PKR anti-GST campaign says families taxed RM90 per month Posted on April 13, 2015, Monday Sim (front, eighth right) in a photo call with PKR leaders and supporters, holding their anti-GST banners outside Telang Usan Hotel here. MIRI: PKR launched its Anti-Goods and Services Tax (GST) campaign here, which in translation means families pay RM90 in GST tax per month. Penang’s Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin, in a press conference held at Telang Usan Hotel here yesterday, said the party at both federal and state levels, had been observing the implementation and effects of the GST since April 1. Sim claimed that feedback they received showed that the people were very distressed with the new policy. “Prices for almost all essential goods also had increased drastically since implementation of GST on April 1, clearly burdening the poor,” he said. Sim called GST a regressive tax that oppresses the poor and the needy, citing a study by Penang Institute that each household has to pay the GST tax on an average of RM1,080 per year (RM90 per month). He also said PKR rejected the implementation of GST because 80 per cent of households in the country are eligible to receive the 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) where the recipients are those who earn below RM3,000 monthly. “With the implementation of GST, the lower income group will be forced to pay tax which is not fair for them,” he added. The campaign was first launched in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday and it aims to collect one million signatures, which they hope would overturn the policy. As at yesterday, the petition had collected 16,000 signatures. “By May 1, we want to collect at least 200,000 signatures. Those who want to sign for the petition can do so on our website www.bantahGST.com,” Sim said. PKR is also giving away anti-GST stickers to the public to enhance the nationwide campaign. Some 10,000 stickers have been printed out and are ready to be distributed. Miri MP Dr Michael Teo and PKR women vice-chief Voon Shiak Ni were also present at the press conference. Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/04/13/pkr-anti-gst-campaign-says-families-taxed-rm90-per-month/#ixzz3XK0z6vyy