If rental is such a big issue you all might wan to consider travelling everyday to and from work. But it's a very tiring process and yes, you'll save more on the long run. Try staying in JB is wat i mean.with a common room price SGD500 you can get a double storey teres here. A room might cos u around RM400-500. travelling to work is about RM7-10. so actually u still save, dun mention that u're coming back to msia for food and entertaiment too. So it really depends on whether u're willing to sacrifice time to save more money. As old chinese saying goes, time is gold =)

hehe. agreed. try that last time. Kastam queue isnt that bad... at least not as bad as KL federal H. during peak hour. U may get back ache riding bike in da long run.

Guys, stay on topic. washabushi,conduct your sales in Garage Sales please.

sorry mod coz promoting here...
bcoz i still not sure wanna sell or not rite now...
thx for reminding me...

Currently there's a Sales Associate vacancy needed in Louis Vuitton in Orchard Rd of Singapore.

Fresh graduates with diploma or uni education, with fervor for high-end retailing are welcome to apply. Experience in retail customer service or hospitality industry is preferred.

haha work for LV...= spend all your money for LV

They recruit Malaysian as well? i though they prefer S'poreans?

if i work at singapore for long term (1 year) how will i get taxed? do i need to pay thing like EPF? no need to pay tax for malaysia?

bro no need to pay tax at malaysia but at S'pore im not so sure about PR and E and S pass

Depending on when you commenced your first employment. There are a few different scenarios that will affect your taxability of income in Singapore. It has nothing to do with whether you are a PR or holding working permit.

Only Singapore citizens and PRs are required to contribute to CPF (i.e. EPF in Malaysia).

be carefull of the starting date, you might end up paying 15% tax to the singapore government if you stay less than 183 days in singapore for a year

This post has been edited by jimmy79: Jan 30 2008, 04:25 PM

actually my company (MNC, Malaysia) is allocating me to Singapore for 1 year. So, how is it taxed?

Who will pay you the salary? Your M'sia company or Singapore company? It seems that you are seconded to Singapore and I believe you will be taxable in M'sia instead of Singapore as your secondment is attributable to your employment in M'sia. Thus, your salaries are deemed derived from M'sia even if you received them in Singapore. You can check with M'sia IRB to confirm on this matter.

This post has been edited by shawnlst: Jan 30 2008, 08:58 PM

arghh.. crap my salary no up no bonus n the rental goin up n up sigh gonna die soon

The Singapore branch will be paying my salary... the company is not a malaysia or singapore company.

*edit: my company is relocating me to s'pore...mistake in previous post...

Will check to confirm this

This post has been edited by HMMaster: Jan 30 2008, 10:02 PM

you will be taxed in singapore. singapore and malaysia have a double taxation agreement so the malaysian side wont tax you. the tax will kick in on your income derived in singapore the moment you are physical present in singapore > 183 days. tax rate for non-resident is a hefty 15 freaking percent. you can appeal for residential rates if your employment is long term (and long term here means more than 1 year ).

oh. btw, tax is derived from the total sum of you expat package...that means your non-monetary benefits as well - free airplane tickets back home, housing allowance, moving allowance and all that crap.

This post has been edited by AsenDURE: Jan 30 2008, 10:24 PM

wow if i get hire on june...or july im 100% gonna to pay 15% tax to s'pore?

If this is your first employment in Singapore, then you are most likely to be taxable. And if you were hired in June or early of July, you will be taxed as a tax resident of Singapore (tier-tax rate) instead of non-resident (flat tax rate - 15%).

What about me who started in Dec 2006? I havent receive my tax form from me company yet. Normally company will be handling all these stuff for us or we have to be diligent enuf to check for it?

any1 here can help me to find a place for industrial training? .

If not mistaken, less than 2 months in a year also wont kena tax. 60days<=taxable period<=183days