Perodua president and CEO Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh said that the national carmaker has yet to make a decision on whether to absorb the sales and service tax (SST) for those who order their cars before the tax’s implementation on September 1 but receive them after that date. Such a scheme has already been implemented by Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors and Mazda distributor Bermaz Auto.
Aminar said at a press conference after the company’s first half performance announcement that this was because the government has yet to finalise the mechanism in which SST will be implemented. “Yes, the government has mentioned SST is at 10% for goods, but in the conversations that we’ve had with the government and customs, there will be mechanisms.
“So as a result of not finalising the mechanism yet, we don’t know whether it will be a nett 10% [increase] or not. And because it’s still a work in progress, and the discussion is still ongoing, it is premature for us to say – for example, if the price goes up – whether we are going to absorb [SST] or not. But any announcement, whether we are going to absorb or not, will be made once we understand and there’s a finalisation on the SST and the mechanism on how it’s going to be implemented.” said Aminar.
He added that customers who order their cars this month (with the exception of a few units of the Alza MPV) will only be able to receive their cars after September 1, such is the waiting period. “I have to admit our bookings have been very overwhelming, [even] before the announcement of 0% GST, let alone these three months. Definitely we will not be able to meet all the demand. So I’m just telling our customers out there we apologise that we will not be able to deliver within this period,” he said.
Perodua Sales managing director Datuk Zahari Husin chimed in, saying that its production facilities are working overtime to meet the demand. “What’s more important right now is that we want our customers to know. If you place your booking today, [our sales advisors] will say that you will probably be getting your car in September or October with a possibility of a price increase. This, we cannot guarantee at this moment.
“But if that’s going to be the case, then customers will at least be aware now. It’s more important to make our customers understand now that there will be a possibility of them not getting their car during the tax holiday, and the possibility of a price increase. But at the same time we are trying to deliver as many as possible of those bookings within this tax holiday,” he said.
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whether GST or SST, Perodua is the Love of MY nation.
The whole country are also unclear but we are sure with sst the price will go up most definitely…terima kasih kerajaan baruku…syabas
Correct, but blind bashers still claims that impot cars will be cheaper under New Gov. Im still waiting for this fail-rytale.
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Whether GST or SST, Perodua is the “Expensive” car in our nation.
Datuk Aminar is a wise man for not commenting on something that is unclear. Only fools will say something bcoz he have to say something & then make a fools of himself later.
Bullsh*t. SST is not new, why pretend you know nothing?
You’ve been charging SST since inception to 2015, suddenly 3 years later, you don’t know what is SST?
There was a photo of your presentation at sales staff training, a RM60k perodua with GST will become RM62k in SST. But looking back in 2015, when SST became GST, a near RM60k perodua Alza advance only dropped RM95, not RM2,000. So you pocketed the remaining RM1,915 while claiming to be a saint for throwing pocket change to customers!
You refuse to say it now because you don’t want a mass cancel of booking! Greedy as ever with no regards to serving customers with sincerity!
I think perodua shd aborb if there is an increase as being commited by other car makers. This is a show of appreciation to long and loyal supports by malaysians. What is minimal tax amount as compare volume of sales they made. Please become part of warga perihatin. Those perodua buyers are not rich people.
I think perodua shd aborb if there is an increase as being commited by other car makers. This is a show of appreciation to long and loyal supports by malaysians. What is minimal tax amount as compare volume of sales they made. Please become part of warga perihatin. Those perodua buyers are not rich people.
While others comes with tax break prices together with promo rebates added, perodua had the cheek to call theirs a promo with just tax break government given prices without any rebates at all.
After years of customer support where are your CSR of at least giving Malaysians a very much needed break of buying an overly high priced cheap car in support of the new government when lots of businesses were seen giving away free foods and items especially right after the election.
While you may enjoy the bumper harvest don’t forget your loyal customers especially those who can’t afford imports…