Night Owl Chatterboxes - Part XXXVII!

• Meia Gisborn

  15 May 07, 22:27

  Originally posted by X-men:

  GST Offset Package Website
  
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  I don't get it. If you're going to increase the GST and then offer an 'offset package' to ameliorate its financial impact on citizens, why not just increase it by a smaller amount, or not increase it at all?
  
  Or am I missing something?
• the Bear

  15 May 07, 22:27

  here.. i'm giving you a couple of fish.. but for that, i'm taxing you half a fish a day for the rest of your life..
  
  
  
  

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  I don't get it. If you're going to increase the GST and then offer an 'offset package' to ameliorate its financial impact on citizens, why not just increase it by a smaller amount, or not increase it at all?
  
  Or am I missing something?

• laurence82

  15 May 07, 22:29

  i calculated
  
  30 bucks to cope with 2%
  
  means i gotta spend less than $15,000 to cope with the increase
  
  but how on earth do i spend only 15k for the rest of my life?
  
  
• Ferret

  15 May 07, 22:29

  U gotta spend 10k this year to use that measly 200.
• laurence82

  15 May 07, 22:30

  Originally posted by Ferret:

  U gotta spend 10k this year to use that measly 200.

  it comes every year?
  
  for how long?
  
  as long as rest of our life i am ok
  
  
• Ferret

  15 May 07, 22:34

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  it comes every year?
  
  for how long?
  
  as long as rest of our life i am ok
  
  

  4 years i think?
• the Bear

  15 May 07, 22:34

  it's once... and that's about it..
  
  

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  it comes every year?
  
  for how long?
  
  as long as rest of our life i am ok
  
  

• Meia Gisborn

  15 May 07, 22:35

  Originally posted by Ferret:

  4 years i think?

  In other words, until the next GE?
• the Bear

  15 May 07, 22:36

  brainiac.. is doing the mythbusters thing about running in the rain
• Ferret

  15 May 07, 22:38

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  it's once... and that's about it..
  
  

  huh ? only 1 ?
• laurence82

  15 May 07, 22:39

  yay. hypothetically gahmen think we all spending 15k for the rest of our life
  
  
• Ferret

  15 May 07, 22:39

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  yay. hypothetically gahmen think we all spending 15k for the rest of our life
  
  

  i think i spend that in one year T.T
• the Bear

  15 May 07, 22:40

  i dunno.. thought only one?
  
  could be mistaken..
  
  well then, 8 fish being taxed half a fish everyday for the rest of your life
  
  

  Originally posted by Ferret:

  huh ? only 1 ?

• the Bear

  15 May 07, 22:41

  mmm... Professor Myang Li with a snowglobe
• ShrodingersCat

  15 May 07, 22:43

  walao eh spent 2.5 hours waiting to get my passport at ICA today
  
  but HOHO FINALLY GOT IT!! MY NEW PASSPORT!!!
  
  can start planning my holidays lohhhhhhhh
• Ferret

  15 May 07, 22:43

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  i dunno.. thought only one?
  
  could be mistaken..
  
  well then, 8 fish being taxed half a fish everyday for the rest of your life
  
  

  I dunno also wor.
  
  wait i go check
• Ferret

  15 May 07, 22:45

  1. GST Credits
  
  All adult Singaporeans will get GST Credits of up to $1,000 to help them with the impact of the GST increase. Those who earn less or live in smaller homes will get more GST Credits. Nearly three-quarters of adult Singaporeans will get $800 each. NSFs and NSmen will also get a one-off $100 of GST Credits to recognise their contributions to national security.
  
  
• the Bear

  15 May 07, 22:46

  used to be a 5 minute wait but now, got to register your biometrics.. takes forever
  
  

  Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:

  walao eh spent 2.5 hours waiting to get my passport at ICA today
  
  but HOHO FINALLY GOT IT!! MY NEW PASSPORT!!!
  
  can start planning my holidays lohhhhhhhh

• av98m

  15 May 07, 22:47

  I received a letter telling me that I'm eligible to receive $200 for GST offset ><
• Ferret

  15 May 07, 22:48

  Originally posted by av98m:

  I received a letter telling me that I'm eligible to receive $200 for GST offset ><

  yeah well "congratulations"
• the Bear

  15 May 07, 22:48

  i think a few years more?
  
  i only get $200
  
  

  Originally posted by Ferret:

  1. GST Credits
  
  All adult Singaporeans will get GST Credits of up to $1,000 to help them with the impact of the GST increase. Those who earn less or live in smaller homes will get more GST Credits. Nearly three-quarters of adult Singaporeans will get $800 each. NSFs and NSmen will also get a one-off $100 of GST Credits to recognise their contributions to national security.
  
  

• Ferret

  15 May 07, 22:50

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  i think a few years more?
  
  i only get $200
  
  

  i thot ns men get more or something ?
• the Bear

  15 May 07, 22:51

  yup.. i did get that $100 more to get $200
  
  

  Originally posted by Ferret:

  i thot ns men get more or something ?

• av98m

  15 May 07, 22:51

  Originally posted by Ferret:

  i thot ns men get more or something ?

  I get $100 plus $100 for NS ><
• laurence82

  15 May 07, 22:52

  Originally posted by av98m:

  I received a letter telling me that I'm eligible to receive $200 for GST offset ><

  nsmen get 100 bucks more leh
  
  they swallow ur money?