According to a report by Bernama, the Transport Ministry will review a recent order by the Road Transport Department (JPJ) to discontinue road tax renewals for private vehicles with an engine capacity of 2,000 cc and above at all Pos Malaysia post offices located in Sabah, Sarawak, Langkawi and Labuan.
Transport minister Anthony Loke said a meeting would be held with JPJ director-general Datuk Seri Shaharuddin Khalid this week to determine if the directive was a viable one.
“The instruction was from the JPJ, not the Transport Ministry. I understand that the JPJ did so to reduce the loss of government revenue as there are vehicles which are registered in Peninsular Malaysia but the road tax is renewed in Sabah and Sarawak,” said Loke.
Loke added that he acknowledged the department’s decision to implement the measure, which was done as a way to curb the act of motorists deliberately attempting to avoid paying a higher road tax by renewing their road tax in post offices there. However, he said the interests of the local people in East Malaysia must also be taken into account because they will require places to renew their road tax in areas where there were no JPJ offices.
On a separate note, Loke said the ministry is still studying a proposal to implement the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) at the Malaysia-Brunei border to monitor foreign vehicles entering the country, especially over traffic summonses.
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how much is the lost of revenue? how about those revenues that JPJ got from motorist bidding for the number plates? Please be more customer centric. you are already raking millions from the number plate bidding. the mentality of winning all the time and not giving back to the society some benefits is totally unfair.
By letting ppl use a loophole to gain benefit for certain individuals only? Is this what giving back to society is all about?
exactly. semenanjung folo borneo r/tax. Setel…
Menteri blur blur …JPJ latest ruling..
Because blur mentri Loki don’t talk to his downline. He makes decisions ikut suka hati dia, so JPJ also make decisions ikut suka hati diaorang. Thrown in freshie boy mentri Saddiq making his own decisions and you can see why our PH gomen is clueless and u-turning.
Agreed. we must giv them PH gomen 60year, lg 12penggal br biasa keje… gilir2 lar. kihs3
We Malaysians are civilized, honest and clean first world citizen. we dun klepto and cheat…
Why make it so hard?
Just limit system user rights to only be able to renew roadtax at certain region…aiyoh..
Why now a day jpj getting no brainer. Before they renew, check 1st where their car registered at, i tot its all already in system. If let say reg in peninsular, but try to renew in Swak, then tell the dude have to renew in peninsula lerrr. Tats y jpj mau goyang kaki rilek minum kopi o saja.
hundred thousand of staff transferred across/between the west and east Malaysia. Additional unnecessary paperwork to verify if they genuinely moved region if we looked the vehicle by region
Tu dah! Uturn dah mari dah! Fully expected to happen.
not really a u turn. problem is the idiot civil servant (jpj head) seems to not be communicating with the political master.
why not standardize rates for everyone using east Malaysia calculation, already taxed heavily when purchasing the cars or bikes, tolls for cronies etc…give rakyat a break will ya..
just reduce roadtax, problem solved..
Blame the post office. Easiest scapegoat. Dig in deeper and you’ll find some corrupted ones that cannot give up their easy money scheme.