Wednesday, April 22, 2015

GST DG Decision No. 3/2015


The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (RMCD) has issued the decision on GST Director General's (DG) Decision 3/2015. The GST issues related to the following:-
 
1.   Application for Self Billed Invoice.
Stated the procedures for apply Self Billed Invoice.

2.   Issuance of tax invoice at the beginning of GST implementation.
The following business must use a GST compliant point of sale (POS) system or a GST compliant cash register to issue GST tax invoices beginning 1st October 2015:-
(a) Hardware shop
(b) Restaurant including coffee shop
(c) Mini market, grocery and sundry shop
(d) Book store
(e) Pharmacy
(f) Places of entertainment
The Directors General has confirmed that GST registered person is not allowed to issue any handwritten tax invoices

3.   Period for issuing tax invoice.
The Directors General has confirmed that every registered person shall issue a tax invoice to his buyer within 30 days from the date of supply or the date of payment made on such supply (in full or in part). For example, if a registered person received advanced payment from customer, his is required to issue tax invoice within 30 days from the date of advanced payment received.