Practice Makes Perfect

So it has been confirmed that Malaysia is is part of the 20-nation joint-military exercise that is hosted by Saudi Arabia.  The exercise, code-name Northern Thunder is being touted as the largest military exercise involving Muslim and Muslim-majority countries. 

Revisit to Reduction of EPF 11% to 8% Effect on Income Tax

First thing first, I did not expect that I would revisit this issue so soon.  The popularity of the previous post this issue titled "How Does Reduction of EPF Deduction from 11% to 8% Affects Your Income Tax?" had been beyond my expectation.  Therefore, it is only right for me to revisit this article.  Plus, a few readers (WeeHing, MiD, mohdnajmie, OCD, Yu Wei Lim) pointed out there were errors in the calculations.  Guys, you were right.  There were several errors in the tables.  I had only realised it today when I decided to recreate the table from scratch.

Data Assessment - How Intelligence Data Assessment can help you to see through Fog of Disinformation

In today's world full of information and disinformation, it is not easy for us to determine if what we are reading is true, or untrue. Many a times, we thought what we had read is true. Yet, turns of event proved us otherwise.

Thank You

With great powers, comes great responsibility.

Writing is a powerful tool.

I didn't expect this attention. This article has been viewed far many number of times than I had expected.

I received quite a few questions from readers pointing out possible errors, both in calculation and my understanding. No, I won't delete their posts if they correctly point out my errors. They would get credit for correcting me.

What I have decided to do is to engage with my friends from LHDN to check if my post is accurate. That is the only responsible thing I can do for all those who had read and shared my post.

Like any of you, I also dislike reading unsubstantiated posts. Thus, let me do the favour to verify this correctly.

Once again, I thank all those who had read and shared. Your support, be it just reading or criticising will help me to improve my writing.

Last, as a responsible blogger, I would like to remind readers to verify all information received with the proper SME, even if the blogger is me.

How Does Reduction of EPF Deduction from 11% to 8% Affects Your Income Tax?

Update: I had reviewed my article.  Rather than rewriting the whole article to amend where was wrong, I'm leaving this here and posted a new article here.  Hopefully, this article answers your queries better.

Update: been receiving quite a few comments asking me on this post. Rest be assured I will try to get this answered. As I don't want anyone get into trouble for filing the wrong tax return, I've decided to ask my contacts in LHDN to vet through my interpretation. Any amendments will be clearly highlighted. Hope that helps. 

Yesterday soon after the announcement of the Budget recalibration, some individuals began to spread rumours that when the govt reduce the employee's portion of EPF deduction, the government will be able increase their income tax base.

Commentary on Budget 2016 Recalibration

Interesting realignment of Budget 2016. Many of the rumoured bad news on the Budget that were shared by netizens, especially anti-Najib supporters via social media had turned out to be false. Not a surprise, since the rumours were spread for a specific reason, to bring pressure on the PM ahead of the tabling of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).  But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let anti-Najib supporters do what they love, while we dissect his budget realignment.

Book Review - Malaya's Secret Police 1945 - 1960 : The Role of The Special Branch in The Malayan Emergency by Leon Comber

Just bought this book last week. Written by Leon Comber (Prof), he attempts to write the book from an academician's eyes.

The book's cover. Aptly designed.