Glitches aside, GST is up and running

PETALING JAYA: As expected, there were glitches and hiccups on the first day as the Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure kicked off.

It ranged from items such as newspapers being charged 6% tax when there should be none, telcos getting warnings for adding taxes to their prepaid phone top-ups, receipts being handwritten as outlets had not installed GST-compliant cash registers to some shops not charging any GST.