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Tax revenue remains a ‘catch-up’ game in boosting govt coffers
KUALA LUMPUR: More than a year after Malaysia shifted its consumption tax system back to the Sales and Services Tax (SST), a lot more needs to be done in order to boost government revenue by other means and further reduce
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Dr M: Tax regime flip-flop will hurt the economy
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has no plans to reintroduce the controversial Goods and Services Tax (GST) as frequent changes to the tax system will harm the economy. Speaking at the Dewan Rakyat today, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said
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GST re-implementation, #BoycottMalaysia to heat up Dewan Rakyat session today
KUALA LUMPUR: The government’s direction on the proposal to re-implement the Goods and Services Tax (GST) tax system will be among the main focus of the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday. According to the Dewan Rakyat order papers posted on the
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Dr M: Gov’t may refine SST and introduce new tax regime
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that the government may introduce new taxes, on top of fine tuning the existing Sales and Services Tax, to generate more revenue for the nation’s coffers. “We will improve on this.
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Lim echoes Dr M: Need public support to revive GST
PUTRAJAYA: Echoing his boss’ words, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the government would only bring back Goods and Services Tax (GST) if there is incontrovertible evidence that the public wants it back. Speaking to reporters today, Lim said that
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Dr M: We may bring back GST….if the public agrees
PUTRAJAYA: The government may consider reintroducing the controversial Goods and Services Tax (GST), provided the public backed the move. Prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said this in response to Malaysian Institute of Economic Research’s (MIER) suggestion yesterday for the
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Lim: Calls to refer me to Parliamentary Committee a diversion
KUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said he has no problem with the motion by the Opposition to refer him to the Parliamentary Rights and Privileges Committee on the issue of Goods and Services Tax (GST) repayment claims. He
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