Maintenance fees may go up over 10% with GST, residents warned

Owners of high-rise dwellings may have to pay up to 10% more in maintenance charges from April although such fees have been exempted from the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Building managers are blaming the impending rise on the shortfalls in collection caused by payment defaulters and the 6% in GST that they still have to pay to service providers like electricians and plumbers.