No major teething problems


Keeping tabs: Consumers are advised to keep checking on traders. If they find any profiteering or those unregistered for GST charging the tax, they should phone the call centres or visit the helpdesks that have been opened. — Bernama

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is up and running, and consumers are now extra wary when they go to the cash register – for fear of being overcharged. But they can be rest assured that the authorities are keeping a close watch on profiteering.

WHEN Wan Hidany Wan Khair ordered a glass of root beer at the foodcourt at the Alamanda Shopping Centre in Putrajaya, he was charged RM2.95 for it.

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