Author: Charles Tan
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LHDN Tax Relief: Do not miss these out when you submit your taxes
This is about LHDN Tax Relief. I am very sure working Malaysians have started to submit their taxes. This is the website www.hasil.gov.my Hopefully all of us remember our Login ID and Password yeah. Anyway, there are a lot of relief (pelepasan) which we could claim during the submission of our taxes. It ranges from…
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Full tourism recovery for ASIA only by 2024? Following vaccination schedule.
This is about tourism recovery. Super important for many economies including Malaysia which used to have over 26 million tourists per year in 2019. My very last overseas trip before COVID-19 should be the one where I flew to Phuket and then drove to Krabi and flew back from Krabi. It was a very relaxing…
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Using future money today is not a wise move.
Future money is usually meant for the future. Usually, there would be a time when we stop working altogether. If the income continues, that is great news. Kudos to everything you are doing today. However, if income stops when we stopped working, that’s when we needed to rely on money which we have started saving…
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Property prices up highest within last 17 years. Good news or?
What are your thoughts with this, “property prices up highest within last 17 years.” To those who think property prices will be dropping, perhaps the wait also needs a reason? If the reason is valid please continue waiting. If the reason is simply a thought, then think again and perhaps look deeper into more potential…
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That billionaire status is not a realistic goal lah. What is our financial goal, really?
What is our financial goal, really? Long time ago, millionaires were the focus of many. Everyone would look at becoming a millionaire. These days, depending on the currency you are earning (means in some foreign country), you may already be a millionaire in Malaysia if you exchanged all your savings for the last few years…
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S P Setia Bhd FY20 results are black and red too
Property developer S P Setia Bhd has just announced their FY20 results and it’s both black and red at the same time. For Chinese, red is an auspicious colour, more so during the Chinese New Year where everything is in red. Black is not a good colour to wear during the Chinese New Year. However,…
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Mall redevelopment will definitely be needed to yield better returns. Another one closing…
Mall redevelopment happens all over the world, not just during COVID-19 period. Have you been to the eCurve mall recently? Another piece of news which was shared by many people would be the closure of eCurve mall by end of March. This is the mall where you could walk over to the Curve mall. eCurve…
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I like the EPF dividends for year 2020.
EPF dividends for year 2020 (how they invested our money) is 5.2% for conventional and 49% for shariah. Most of the comments for EPF dividends seem to be positive but there are also some who said that it should have been higher. I think everyone has their own opinions but here are 7 reasons why…
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Do you love a comfortable and supportive mattress and pillow like me? Perhaps Origin Mattress?
[Product Sponsored Review] I have moved homes 4 times thus far in my life. From a 730 sq ft to a 1,258 sq ft to a 1,053 sq ft and currently 1,743 sq ft. I would be moving again next year. The home I bought last year is under construction currently. Every time I move,…
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More malls in Kuala Lumpur! (beyond current ones yeah)
Many more malls in Kuala Lumpur. Too much retail therapy? The biggest one of them all would be the Lalaport Mall @ BBCC with 1.4 million NLA sq ft. Okay, this is within the Golden Triangle but it is not that far away (less than 5km away) from The Exchange TRX Mall in distance and…