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One parent said that there were about 200 schools around the country that were imposing GST on extracurricular activities.
The Rakyat Post
GST imposed on extracurricular activities
KELANA JAYA, May 15, 2015:
Parents, who send their children to Chinese vernacular schools lodged a report with the Customs Department, following complaints that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) were being imposed on extracurricular activities.
One parent, Edward Neoh Chuan Tat, 50 said that there were about 200 schools around the country that were imposing GST on extracurricular activities, according to complaints he received through the SJK (C) Fees Monitoring Forum Facebook page.
He explained that vendors and companies providing equipment for extracurricular activities such as the Robotics and IT club have been charging GST on the fees.
“This is wrong. If the vendors want to collect GST, they have to do it themselves, not through the school or Parents Teacher Association (PTA).
“These two entities are not allowed to collect GST,” he said during a media conference at the Customs Department Complex here today.
http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2015/05/15/gst-imposed-on-extracurricular-activities/
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http://www.kwongwah.com.my/news/2015/05/15/97.html
马来西亚华文教育家长会总会（家总）代表今日到关税局投诉，华小家协为电脑班及课外活动征收消费税。
图为林征声（左4起）、梁全达、家总主席黄华生及一些家长到关税局做出投报。
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Parents uproar over Chinese-medium schools collecting GST http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/298453
1:33PM May 15, 2015
By Adrian Wong
A group of SJK(C) parents complained that some schools are collecting Goods and Services Tax (GST) on behalf of private companies.
They claimed to have received about two hundred complaints on this matter from a Facebook group they have set up.
Today, the group lodged a report at the Customs Department office in Kelana Jaya.
“Neither schools nor the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) are GST-registered.
“Rightfully, they can’t collect GST,” Edward Neoh Chuan Tat (photo), one of the parents, told reporters after lodging the report.
The schools did not issue any GST invoice to the parents as they are supposed to do under the law, he said.
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The vendors from outside are making use of schools to collect GST, he claimed.
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Based on the documents he showed to the press, robotics, mental arithmetics and computer are among the extra-curricular programmes where GST has been charged by the schools.
He also complained that some of these schools are asking the parents to pay its electricity and water bills.
Government schools are not supposed to collect such fees from the parents, he pointed out.
However, Neoh added, the parents have not been able to verify this matter as their attempts to seek answers from the schools has been ignored.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/298453
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SJK(C)【华小收费清单】和 【家协财政报告】收集调查
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华小的各种收费琳琅满目，电脑费、补习费、学校水费、学校电费、维修费、课外活动费等等，而且每间华小的收费也不一样。
许多家长纷纷询问，有些费用如学校水电费不是由政府负责的吗？为何还向家长征收费用？ 或者怎么一些费用会那么高啊？ 有鉴于此，为了解惑，家总决定成立一个关爱专案小组，并通过在脸书设立一个专页来进行资料汇集，过后邀请教育和法律专家来比较、分析和研究，最后希望整理 成一份《SJK(C)华小收费面面观资料分析文件》来协助家协和家长厘清华小一些合理性和非合理性的收费，以作为跟校方或教育部据理力争的参考材料，减少 校园舞弊的事情发生。
我们谨此呼吁全国各地的华小家长，将您们孩子带回家的各类购买付费或要求捐献的清单，还有【家协财政报告】，用手机拍下来贴到我们的組群《SJK(C)华小收费清单收集调查》来。您的一个小小动作，将可能带来华教一个有利的转变。
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