Synergy‘s registered with the Custom Department as an entity collecting service tax. So, we want pay service tax this month (May, 2009), as to be good corporate citizens.
We review the payment instructions, which are different on the website and on the printed sheet. The website states that the Department will only accept the following methods of payment:
- cash;
- postal or money orders;
- cheques or bank drafts
Now, what is annoying is that the hard copy instruction say that if we are to submit a cheque, a bank guarantee is required. Not quite believing this, we went down to the offices (which for us is located way in Kelang), where we are stopped from submitting our service tax payment because the check did not come with a bank guarantee.
Exsqueeze me? We are trying to pay the Customs Department, but they refuse to take our Company cheque because it is not gauranteed? Where’s the logic in that? If the cheque bounces, it will cause more trouble to us then to them.
Service Tax Payment Requirements
Posted by Wata 
Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 