NST - Import Tax upped to protect Proton

[Mandrake]

Car prices for Kia, Chevrolet, Hyundai, Chery, Fiat and Mahindra Scorpio. all going up next week. All to protect Proton.

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/Frontpage/20050723074103/Article/indexb_html

The Government has moved to come down hard on importers who under-declare the value of imported vehicles.

Spot The Diff Contest From today, the Customs and Excise Department is imposing a Profit and General Expenses charge of between 30 per cent and 38 per cent on 34 models of six makes which the Government believes had been under-declared in the past.

The six brands are Kia, Chevrolet, Hyundai, Chery, Fiat and Mahindra Scorpio.

The decision to levy a charge on these vehicles was reached at a meeting yesterday between the Finance Ministry and Customs.

Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop, who chaired the meeting which decided on these taxes, said: "This is an ongoing exercise and we will continue to review as we go along.

"We also imposed it last year," he said, when asked if the move was prompted by complaints that sales of

Proton had been affected by the entry of imported cars which had been under-valued.

Meanwhile, Customs director-general Tan Sri Halil Abdul Mutalib said the PGE for vehicles below 1.6 litres will be 30 per cent of the sales price while for cars above 1.6 litres, it will be 38 per cent.

Halil said imposing the PGE according to the capacity of the car was the latest move by the authorities to check the under declaration of the value of vehicles.

The issue was in the news recently when Proton adviser Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the import of cheap vehicles had affected sales of the national car.

 

[Zeroed]

Shouldnt they also disclose the proof of the under-declaration?

 

[boggysv]

Shouldnt they also disclose the proof of the under-declaration?

Nope, because this is malaysia.

 

[WBH8668]

sheet...bad things already happen...looks like proton need protection for another 20years...pergi mampus la Proton!

 

[PetrolHeaD]

protect this protect that affecting sales of proton blablabla...

assfaced dickbrained fat rich idiots.

never actually analyzed WHY proton's sales are dropping now did they. straight away blame other makes.

looks like most of these fellas get their titles like Dr. and Tan Sri coz of their fucking stupidity.

 

[kwai]

they should improve them self to increase sales... kutuk org lain won't make them go further....

 

[alexz]

yeah its those proton bigwigs who ran the company to the ground, and now blaming others of its own failure? who are they trying to fool? and now the public has to pay more because of their failure?

hey we really need to kick out all this sorry asses...

 

[BlackSamurai]

THANK YOU PROTON.
Thanks for new gift from you. PROTON Supportors (who ask Malaysian to give them a chance, give them more time to improve), do you feel happier now?

I'll show my middle finger to all new Proton owner on the road who still buy Proton after this news release.

To be fair to others Proton owner place their order before this news release, I suggest that the action start at 1 september.

Anyone join me?

Latest Plate number release from JPJ today (23rd, July, 2005)

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[acbc]

Proton is a FAILURE! Just admit it. Or at least be honest about it. Why bother blaming other makes for their own (without G-man support) success?

 

[boggysv]

hey we really need to kick out all this sorry asses...

Yeah, we need to kick proton's ass till they wake up and start making better cars, but if you really look into the cause of this, it's the big G.

Like a spoilt brat with a over-loving mom who pampers him every time he throws a tantrum.

A few questions we need to ask ourselves, wtf went wrong.

Why did these companies under declare?*
Why would proton shamelessly ask for more protection?
Why wouldnt the G be strict and let proton learnt to be independent?**
Why do I see new audi A6s instead of proton perdanas parked infront of the proton office in glenmarie?:D



*we'll just assume it's true because the G said so, sad, but nothing much could be done
**dont bullshit me about job opportunities or technological advancement.

 

[acbc]

Why do I see new audi A6s instead of proton perdanas parked infront of the proton office in glenmarie?:D

Probably the top management of Proton have no confidence in their own product. This matter was first brought up by ex-PM on the issue why ministers prefer continental than locally made cars as official government vehicle.

No wonder why Protom failed as a national car project. Even ministers don't trust locally made cars!

 

[BlackSamurai]

even the minister do not support Proton, but implement all those stupid law and make the poor people poorer.

one of Rafidah's ride is LEXUS

 

[alexz]

its the ppl in charge of those companies that are sucking their company's resources dry...

just look at MAS, PSC, Perwaja etc... and now its happening to proton...

half a billion spent to develop the savvy? wonder how much is spent on designing the interior and how much of that goes into their pockets...

 

[boggysv]

half a billion spent to develop the savvy?

OMGhI2superCArstatus!!!!

 

[Mandrake]

I think that if you want to buy any of these budget cars, you'd better book now while there's still old stock. Thats what one Hyundai salesman told me at the shopping center.

 

[4agze]

wow... just like watching star wars episod 7 lah...

come vote for the actor and actress

first of course would be Fat R

:D

 

[encikmasen]

all i can say is proron is stupid and the issue that have been brought up by proton is also stupid

what the heck is undervalued..you'll see if we convert the price (real price from their respected country) to ringgit, would it be around 20k to 30k? paling mahal pun it would go about 50k..so it based on the ringgit value..and proton quality is the worse and buyers now are smarter..they'll pick on quality first and then price..if proton still like this, ppl will buy imported car although they are priced up to 100k

just my 2sen

 

[Zeroed]

half a billion spent to develop the savvy?

Seriously? Man what exactly on the savvy needed development, other than the chassis?
Pure jokers. "Oh RM5 million to design the headlights, of which 4.9m are 'application' fees."

 

[infernaL]

quote " MALAYSIA MAR "

only and truely .. MALAYSIA

 

[DJmobile]

basically now if dont buy proton means paying more and more...
WTF?????