OCT 25 This letter is specifically dictated for Datuk Dr Mohd Shukor Hj Mahfar, a Chief Executive Office of a Inland Revenue Board, so you goal he reads it.
In July this year, you attended a taxation conference organized by a Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia. Obviously, a single of a speakers invited was Datuk Dr Shukor. Perhaps a single of a highlights of a seminar as well as a single which you believe will remain in participants' memories for a long time was a manner in which of he approached a speech lectern when his turn to speak came up.
As he walked towards a podium, a emcee played a critical Queen song, "We Will Rock You", over as well as over again; it was a Datuk opening music. Later he explained which a reason because he requested for which strain to be played was to help communicate his earnest in counts regarding taxation collection.
I suppose he meant "look here Malaysian taxpayers; you (i.e. a IRB) will stone you, so you better inform your taxes correctly; otherwise, you will stone you." So you visualize some-more taxation audits as well as investigations, as well as may be some-more taxpayers removing held unprepared when a IRB knocks upon your door.
You know, every time you hear a taxation military officer give a speech, he would discuss it you because taxation income as well as collections have been important. The IRB's trademark is "Bersama Menbangunkan Negara", as seen upon a website. But in light of a ultimate Auditor's General's inform where news is still trickling in upon an additional stand of wastages amounting to multimillion ringgits you wonder only how most "Menbangunkan" which is being completed with a taxation ringgit; it's some-more similar to "Membankrapkan", is what you feel.
Datuk, is which what you wish to stone us for pciking up a hard earned gain as well as passing it over to your ultimate bosses, who afterwards year in, year out never destroy to exasperate us with commentary of their hurtful as well as greedy ways! ? What i s a indicate of boasting about a IRB's achievements in taxation income collection when you have a greedy government? One which never seems to sense notwithstanding being knocked upon a conduct numerous times?
Well Datuk, as a taxpayer, you am angry. Angry that, when it comes to taxes, a IRB is relentless in pursuit of a objectives. you have zero against that; but when you have been continually subjected to horror stories as to how a taxation ringgit is being treated with colour with wantonness by a statute government, afterwards you get angry. And as such, your summary upon wanting to stone us doesn't sound as impressive as you maybe hoped it would be.
Finally Datuk, let me leave you with a couple of alternative Queen songs to ponder. The sign of your Umno bosses is, "I Want It All". But you can be rest positive which there have been most who goal to see a day when Umno departs from Putrajaya , where you get to play "Another One Bites The Dust".
Datuk, you may wish to stone us, but don't forget; "We a rakyat Are The Champions". We will go on to demand reform until you get it. Trust which would put you as well as your bosses, "Under Pressure".
PS On an additional note, where's which Himpunan bunch, Yusri Mohamad as well as Hasan Ali? You'd think they'd get worked up upon this ultimate revelation by a Auditor General as well as organise a Himpunan to demand reforms by a government....No?
* A Taxpayer reads The Malaysian Insider.
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