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Continue reading →: Convert Staff to Subcontractors?
“Boss, I want to convert all my employees into subcontractors.” Last week after CNY. He sounded practical. Not emotional.“Market slow. If convert, I save EPF employer portion, SOCSO, all statutory cost. Every month few thousand.” I didn’t react. I asked him slowly. “They report at 9am?” “Yes.” “Punch card?” “Yes.”…
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Continue reading →: We Sat in the Same AI Class. Today He Is My AI Consultant.
“Mr Koh, you really want to build AI… or just attend class?” asked by Wei Khjan Chan He asked very calmly.That one hurt a bit. We both attended a 2-day AI Engineering class in early 2025. Same classroom.Same slides.Same excitement. After class finish, our path slowly separate. He became Manus…
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Continue reading →: (TAX Update) Closing Down Your Sdn Bhd? What Every SME Must Check First
Recently many bosses came and asked me the same question : “Mr Koh, company no longer doing business already, can I just strike off only ah?” It sounds simple. But this is exactly where many SME bosses get stuck. Because a company does not disappear just because you stopped using…
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Continue reading →: (Tax Update) Paying Commission? Be Tax Careful … Not Agent Kena, Your Company Kena LHDN Audit
Many bosses say the same thing:“CP58? What is that?”“I run business so many years never kena audit on CP58.”“Form E not enough meh?”“My previous tax agent never tell me also.” Let me be honest. CP58 started in 2011.Long time already. Last time you never kena, maybe lucky.Now got e-Invoice.Data upload…
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Continue reading →: The Only IT Intern Who Accepted Our Offer
“Miss, we don’t really use JavaScript, Python or Java here at KTP…” That was the reality.So when Yaashiniy accepted our IT internship offer, I was genuinely happy. Because many IT interns want to join a company where they can code in the usual stack straight away. At KTP, our need…
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Continue reading →: The Cleanest Day In Our Office
Every year, one day before Chinese New Year, something magical happens in our office. Tables become spotless.Monitors stand straight.Oranges appear beside keyboards.Red angpow cards quietly sit behind screens. If you walk in that day, you will think KTP are the most disciplined firm in Johor. But peak season? Different story.…
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Continue reading →: (TAX UPDATE) Company Advance To Director Advances … The Tax Risk Most SMEs Don’t See Coming
SME boss, I tell you honestly. This one is super common in SMEs. Your Sdn Bhd got do like this or not?“I take some company money first, later I adjust back la.”“Company got extra cash, I put under my own name FD first, interest more worth it.”“Same money only what.…
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Continue reading →: 3 Idoits. 3 First Ride. 3 Rescue
“Bro, first ride only. Easy ride lah.”Famous last words. This is not really a motorbike story.It’s a story about three adults who thought we were “I-Can-Meh” than reality. One and a half years ago, three of us (Michael, Josh and myself) started off-road on small bikes.Kawasaki 150cc. Same level.Same fear.Same…
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Continue reading →: Anthony Kim (AK) Are You Kidding Me?
Most people don’t care about golf. But this golf story feels like it was written for anyone who ever struggled quietly. Anthony Kim (AK) won 3 times before 25.People spoke about him like the “next Tiger”. Around 2010 at Augusta National, he was playing on one of the biggest stages…
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Continue reading →: I Was A Lone Wolf… Then HYROX Put Me In A Herd
“Eh uncle, want try #HYROX or not?” That one sentence came in like LHDN letter.Peaceful life immediately gone. So this week, I signed up HYROX. If you never heard of it,HYROX is a structured fitness race.Run 1km, then one functional station.Eight rounds.Run + strength.Repeat until you finish.Simple format.But your lungs…

