GST implementation is just around the corner. And yet, we are still not prepared. Minggu ni barulah confirm subscribe to GST software. And today was spent researching software vendors to find the most suitable POS system - that suits our needs and budget.
While GST implementation can be a very good reason for us to upgrade from using simple GL using excel to using a full-fledged software to track sales and inventory, the amount that we need to invest is actually quite high. Especially for a new shop like ours. We had to use the money stashed to pay for new stock for the GST and POS softwares. Bulan ni nak bayar hutang guna duit dari mana agaknya? Stock baru pun mungkin kena hold. Stock yang ada sekarang... will people buy when they have to fork out for GST? We don't know...
And while people and complaining and whining about having to pay GST, nobody even cared to look at this side of the fence - the businesses, especially the small businesses. Menteri asyik kata - peniaga jangan naikkan harga barang. Tapi ada tak yang actually concerned - peniaga kena keluar duit beli software GST yang mandatory dan tak dapat e-voucher, kena upgrade itu, upgrade ini, lepas tu kena gertak pulak - kalau fail to comply to this and that, kena denda lah, kena jail lah...
Why so stern to people who are helping the Government to earn extra money? It's not that we even get to keep the money anyway, we need to pass it to the Government. However, we have to bear the cost to get us ready for GST walaupun rasa macam jadi posmen sahaja. Posmen pun dapat gaji OK?
While GST implementation can be a very good reason for us to upgrade from using simple GL using excel to using a full-fledged software to track sales and inventory, the amount that we need to invest is actually quite high. Especially for a new shop like ours. We had to use the money stashed to pay for new stock for the GST and POS softwares. Bulan ni nak bayar hutang guna duit dari mana agaknya? Stock baru pun mungkin kena hold. Stock yang ada sekarang... will people buy when they have to fork out for GST? We don't know...
And while people and complaining and whining about having to pay GST, nobody even cared to look at this side of the fence - the businesses, especially the small businesses. Menteri asyik kata - peniaga jangan naikkan harga barang. Tapi ada tak yang actually concerned - peniaga kena keluar duit beli software GST yang mandatory dan tak dapat e-voucher, kena upgrade itu, upgrade ini, lepas tu kena gertak pulak - kalau fail to comply to this and that, kena denda lah, kena jail lah...
Why so stern to people who are helping the Government to earn extra money? It's not that we even get to keep the money anyway, we need to pass it to the Government. However, we have to bear the cost to get us ready for GST walaupun rasa macam jadi posmen sahaja. Posmen pun dapat gaji OK?
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