Farmers knowledge, attitude and behavior in response to goods and services tax (GST)
Malaysia had officially replaced Sales and Services Tax (SST) to Goods and Services Tax (GST) since 1st April 2015. The changes lead to many responses but mostly are negative due to the lack of knowledge and information on GST. Agriculture output such as rice, vegetables, fruits, meats and eggs were...
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| author | Hassim, Nor Hidayah Man, Norsida |
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| description | Malaysia had officially replaced Sales and Services Tax (SST) to Goods and Services Tax (GST) since 1st April 2015. The changes lead to many responses but mostly are negative due to the lack of knowledge and information on GST. Agriculture output such as rice, vegetables, fruits, meats and eggs were categorized as zero-rated supply which they are free from GST. However, maintenances on the farm such as fertilizers, herbicides, ruminant feed, planting tools and others are in GST implementation. This shown the unbalance conditions by farmers as they are harvesting products which are free from GST but still pay GST in preparing them. Are the farmers suffered from such conditions? Thus, this study was undertaken to investigate on the farmers’ behavior in response to GST. Primary data were collected using structured questionnaire via face to face interview with 400 respondents from Kelantan, Kedah, Johor and Selangor. Majority of the respondents did not accept GST implementation in Malaysia (45.5%) followed by 33.5% were uncertain and 21% were accepted. Most of the respondents did not receive any information about GST information (64%). The perception level of respondents towards knowledge, attitude and behavior on GST implementation were moderate M=2.358, M=2.913 and M=2.818 respectively. The results showed by the three levels are mostly negative perceptions. The farmers should be provided with a clearer tax information, trainings and finance management for their survival on any new tax levied. |
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| spelling | upm-798832023-03-23T01:39:36Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79883/ Farmers knowledge, attitude and behavior in response to goods and services tax (GST) Hassim, Nor Hidayah Man, Norsida Malaysia had officially replaced Sales and Services Tax (SST) to Goods and Services Tax (GST) since 1st April 2015. The changes lead to many responses but mostly are negative due to the lack of knowledge and information on GST. Agriculture output such as rice, vegetables, fruits, meats and eggs were categorized as zero-rated supply which they are free from GST. However, maintenances on the farm such as fertilizers, herbicides, ruminant feed, planting tools and others are in GST implementation. This shown the unbalance conditions by farmers as they are harvesting products which are free from GST but still pay GST in preparing them. Are the farmers suffered from such conditions? Thus, this study was undertaken to investigate on the farmers’ behavior in response to GST. Primary data were collected using structured questionnaire via face to face interview with 400 respondents from Kelantan, Kedah, Johor and Selangor. Majority of the respondents did not accept GST implementation in Malaysia (45.5%) followed by 33.5% were uncertain and 21% were accepted. Most of the respondents did not receive any information about GST information (64%). The perception level of respondents towards knowledge, attitude and behavior on GST implementation were moderate M=2.358, M=2.913 and M=2.818 respectively. The results showed by the three levels are mostly negative perceptions. The farmers should be provided with a clearer tax information, trainings and finance management for their survival on any new tax levied. IJAEB publisher 2019 Article PeerReviewed Hassim, Nor Hidayah and Man, Norsida (2019) Farmers knowledge, attitude and behavior in response to goods and services tax (GST). International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Bioresearch, 4 (5). pp. 325-335. ISSN 2456-8643 https://ijaeb.org/link4.php?id=408 10.35410/IJAEB.2019.4450 |
| spellingShingle | Hassim, Nor Hidayah Man, Norsida Farmers knowledge, attitude and behavior in response to goods and services tax (GST) |
| title | Farmers knowledge, attitude and behavior in response to goods and services tax (GST) |
| title_full | Farmers knowledge, attitude and behavior in response to goods and services tax (GST) |
| title_fullStr | Farmers knowledge, attitude and behavior in response to goods and services tax (GST) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmers knowledge, attitude and behavior in response to goods and services tax (GST) |
| title_short | Farmers knowledge, attitude and behavior in response to goods and services tax (GST) |
| title_sort | farmers knowledge, attitude and behavior in response to goods and services tax (gst) |
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