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    Budget 2011

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Money Matters
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    • A Offline
      Anna Ng
      last edited by

      sleepy:
      tax rebate for SAHMs !


      I know it's wishful thinking la.
      Govt prefers women to work and outsource child minding to childcare centers or maids 😛
      what is the meaning of SAHMs and how much of the rebate?

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        tankee
        last edited by

        spikey:
        why no paternity leave or enhanced baby bonus?

        there was an earlier report this afternoon, saying that the fertility issue will be separately addressed.

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          tankee
          last edited by

          is the utility rebate adjusted relative to raising electricity price?

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          • H Offline
            Happy Mama
            last edited by

            LKVM:
            verykiasu2010:

            will they refund the TV & radio license just paid ?


            Maybe not.. since it will be applicable from today I think so 😛

            Wa, then I \"rugi\" la.. I just renewed my car road tax for 6 months! 😢

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              tankee
              last edited by

              Happy Mama:
              LKVM:

              [quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]will they refund the TV & radio license just paid ?


              Maybe not.. since it will be applicable from today I think so 😛

              Wa, then I \"rugi\" la.. I just renewed my car road tax for 6 months! 😢[/quote]got refund lah :celebrate:

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                Happy Mama
                last edited by

                tankee:
                Happy Mama:

                [quote=\"LKVM\"]
                Maybe not.. since it will be applicable from today I think so 😛

                Wa, then I \"rugi\" la.. I just renewed my car road tax for 6 months! 😢

                got refund lah :celebrate:[/quote]wa, phew! thanks!

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                • W Offline
                  Way2GO
                  last edited by

                  Finally, TV n radio licence fees are removed! Hooray.

                  It took so....oooo long for d gahmen since d emergence
                  of d internet age n technological advances to finally throw out
                  dis farcical fees levied to increase gahmen’s revenue.
                  One has to ask why it took so long.
                  IMHO, it can only be an election year goodie to sweeten d ground.

                  Is increasing FW levies and CPF contribution REALLY beneficial to Singaporeans?
                  Increasing FW levies drive up the cost of doing business.
                  Ultimately these cost increases are passed on to the Singapore consumers
                  while the levies go into gahmen’s coffers. How does this actually help Singaporeans?
                  Historically, employers reduce salaries and benefits of FWs to counter
                  increases in levies, which in turn suppress the wages of Singaporeans
                  seeking employment in the same line of work.
                  The ‘restoring’ of employer’s CPF contribution by another 0.5%
                  goes into d Special Account, not d Ordinary Account (as was previously bf d reduction).
                  Money in d Special Account is almost untouchable, and d draw down age will eventually extended to 67?
                  Employees will take home less pay when the CPF ceiling is raised to $5K.
                  How does this help in a rising inflation environment for the average Singaporean?

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                    vlim
                    last edited by

                    I had someone saying to rely more on machinery then on foreign workers...Talk so easy mah.....it doesn't apply to all trade... 😐

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                      Way2GO
                      last edited by

                      One-off subsidy for hiring low-wage older workers.

                      I had to say something when I saw Jeremy Au Yong’s ST article today
                      in which he wrote “ ...employers who hire low-income older workers will get
                      generous wage subsidies from the government.”
                      I take issue with his choice of word \"generous\"!
                      What he conveniently left out in d entire article is dat d employers’ CPF contribution
                      currently for workers over 50 is 8.5% and 6% for those aged 60 n above.
                      Spread over 3 years, d contribution from the gahmen is under 2% each year.
                      Would you consider dat generous?
                      Is dat amount enuf to tip d employers in favour of hiring older workers?
                      What if after three years, dis scheme is dropped?
                      Will employers continue to hire older workers?

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                        Way2GO
                        last edited by

                        vlim:
                        I had someone saying to rely more on machinery then on foreign workers...Talk so easy mah.....it doesn't apply to all trade... 😐

                        How true.
                        Would u fancy being served by robots in a restaurant?

                        Besides d service industry, many other jobs require human intervention.

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