Monthly Archives: June 2014

Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT) Rates Increased in Malaysia

Posted on June 23, 2014 by David Lee

As everybody known, the RPGT rates on gains has been raised from disposing of real properties with effect from 1 Jan 2014. Under this new property ruling, any gains on properties sold within the period of the first 3 years, … Continue reading →

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How the Unit Trust Distributions Are Calculated?

Posted on June 18, 2014 by David Lee

A unit trust distribution represents a portion of the total income that it earns during the year. However, there are still many do not know how to calculate the unit trust distributions. Let me share by creating a simple scenario … Continue reading →

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Stress of Owning A Car in Malaysia

Posted on June 16, 2014 by David Lee

Buying a car can be really costly to young adults of low to medium income group in our country these days. I worked out a basic calculation on the average income for a young executive to have a basic idea … Continue reading →

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Build then sell (BTS) vs Sell then build (STB)

Posted on June 9, 2014 by David Lee

The build-then-sell (BTS) concept is based on a 10:90 concept whereby the property buyer just need to pay 10% of the purchase price, then pay the remaining 90% of the purchase price upon the completion of the property. The conventional … Continue reading →

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