Just received this in email... finance salaries still looking good in Singapore (non-banking btw). China is catching up fast though.

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This post has been edited by seantang: Mar 5 2012, 10:59 AM

bro big 4 big 5 not based on $ bracket, those guy simply got bigger asset hahah
guess it was a lot of risk to jump within short period, all in am 1 n half year back in sg
and day n nite, still looking for better prospect already
hopefully can break into the elite class like seantang and mackiddo
getting a car because i need to commute kl everyweek
plane ticket for two is too painful already

Speaking of e-Filing, early last week I sent that Master Giro Application Form to IRAS to sign up for the 12-month installment thingy for income tax. Do they normally send back a letter acknowledging that it's set up successfully?

simple...you can easily cope well in commuting daily jb-sin if you know that you are daily EARNING well in sgd & SPENDING double-ly well in RM over the weekends in jb.

seen it mention few time, ok i went in iras and printed the form, mailing it out now

SG gov should have incentive for people to file their tax early...like maybe 5% discount on total tax to be paid???

For pilot, initial 2 years pay is reasonable. After that, you can shake legs already. My nephew is a pilot earning a base $10000usd in a regional airline here. Depends on which airline you are talking about also. He's only 25yo. His dad is a former SIA captain for 30 years.

Pilot 25 yrs old earning US$10,000.... OK

In contrast, for an Accountant or Engineer to earn US$10,000 a month, you need to have 10-13 yrs of experience.

On top of that, you still cant shake leg like the pilots inside the cockpit once you press the auto-pilot.

Cant work with pretty stewardess

Cant travel around the world

Cant own a BMW at age of 25...

What surprises me, is that HK's pay is so much lower compared to Singapore. I for one expected them to be relatively similar, given that the perception of HK as financial powerhouse and the so-called gateway to China.

anyone work in singtel before? how's the job environment there?

the incentive shd be to the company. cos if HR does their job slow, the employees would have to complete their filing late, and the employees are the one kena fine. until now my HR still havent complete the tax submission.

Mine the company submit liao. Tax amount so little, just $1,xxx only, proof that I am low paid IT helpdesk personnel.

I guess that becuase HKD's weak strength (since its pegged against USD) compared to SGD appreciation against USD?

so, do you suggest me to rent in spore or commute daily from jb? in your opinion..

i'm still undecided since there are quite a few cons and pros between the two.. the problem is i still dunno the pro and cons..

with EP, i paid through auto-deduct every month. after signed up with my POSB, IRAS will post a letter of the statement indicating monthly basis taxable amount on 6th of every month.

Yes, that's your 0% Monthly GIRO tax deduction right?

My co have link with Iras. Income info is Auto update by IT system. First few years still have to log in and just click submit. Then for years IRAS inform me I don't even have to log in for efiling as long as my tax deductible remain unchanged. But they will mail the hard copy of tax Stament to me every year. This original doc must keep properly. You will need it when it come to entry permit renewer.

of course jb
anywhere will do
never use motorcycle. I got a friend died from accident. Life is not cheap. Just an advice.

agreed.
have seen a few cases at tuas second link bridge in the early morning within 2 years...

This post has been edited by ch_teo: Mar 5 2012, 09:25 PM

the statistic is not really that high if you considering that every day there are ten of thousands of bikes crossing the border each day.

ok, just answer you base on my opinion because i live in both place for around a year...

1. for my case, i would say SG is cheaper, 1 thing is because i got a very cheap rent at $400 per month include pub and internet (friend's relative house). when i stay in JB, i actually brought my KL car and also a bike to commute to work. installment already eat up almost RM1k. if include the RM300 rental, RM60 for electric + water and RM140 for internet, definitely more than that $400. 1 more thing is when u stay in JB, u always feels taht spending in RM is cheap and tend to buy buy and buy more stuff coz u think its cheap, that leads u to spend more $$. that is for my case... maybe you can control your self well, then u can really safe a lot.

2. Queen street is in the town area. If i were you, i would choose to stay in JB town. Coz using the causeway, u can save a lot on toll.

3. the toll rates are like this.



4.I only use causeway, so i can give u the rough estimation for causeway only. If ride bike, from Causeway, u need to queue average 20-30 mins at kastam. and from Kastam to queen street around 25-30 mins (my riding style). If drive car, sometimes u are lucky, kastam only takes u 10 mins. but prepare to Jam at SLE and CTE. if u are heading to town, not to forget the crazy ERP during office hours. i went to Suntec once, on bike, it cost me almost $5, so if drive car, prepare to pay double what the bikers are paying and prepare to Jam at CTE/PIE long long time. I currently works in Tampines, from JB sentral to Tampines, it took me less than 1 hour on bike. if drive car, if no traffic jam, would be around there as well. maybe 10-15 mins more. but if jam, prepare to late more than 1 hour. for your case, i think bike will be faster by 15-20 mins. (base on my experience)

5. should be around that time, but not much freedom if u take bus, cannot go home late, cannot go hang out with friends and most importantly, u cannot enjoy a better life while staying in JB. if that's the case, why not just stay in SG if u ask me. Unless u really wanna hardcore safe money, then u can go ahead, but i can confirm that u won't feel happy because u will have 0 entertainment and when ur colleagues or friends ask u out, u can't join...