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Continue reading →: I Gave My Team One Tax Question. They Had Three Hours Training.
Last Friday morning I sent one WhatsApp to my team irrespective of position. Just one question.“Is a forfeited property deposit taxable for an Investment Holding Company?” And one instruction. Email me the answer before lunch in one hour duration Many people think training means seminar. PowerPoint.One full-day workshop. In my…
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Continue reading →: (TAX UPDATE) Why are taxes more complicated when the company isn’t even doing business?
“Boss, business already stop.Factory I keep under the Sdn Bhd first. Should be okay, right?” A lot of SME owners get into trouble because of this one line: “Should be okay.” Last month, one client stopped his manufacturing business because market was bad. Business stopped.Factory still there.Sdn Bhd still there.…
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Continue reading →: DIY Stamping
My golf buddy’s WhatsApp is every SME boss’s future problem. Weekend morning.My golfing friend texted me :“Bro… my son got local uni offer already.” I replied: “Congrats!” Then he sent the next line: “Uni ask me to stamp the admission agreement… what is this explanatory note? How to do?”That happiness…
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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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