Car dealers scramble as sales tax D-day approaches

Hunting for new wheels: Potential customers looking for new cars at a showroom in Petaling Jaya before the sales tax exemption ends on Thursday. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: With just 48 hours to go before the end of the vehicle sales tax exemption, car dealers are working overtime to cope with up to a 50% increase in bookings.Some salesmen said they were up to their neck with orders and were having to take files back home to work late into the night.

Honda sales adviser Nicholas Foong of Tenaga Setia Resources here said the outlet was rushing to register about 900 cars booked by its customers.