GST was a hot button issue in the run-up to Malaysia’s 14th General Election. Pakatan Harapan (PH) promised to abolish the tax if it took power. During its stint as the ruling government ...

Nevertheless, the reintroduction of GST by itself is not the panacea that will keep Malaysia from falling into the abyss of financial ruin. It needs to be accompanied by concrete moves to rein in ...

ON April 1, 2015, Malaysia will replace its sales and services tax with a goods and services tax (GST). As another source of revenue, it may help to address the persistent budget deficit and growing ...

the Sales and Service Tax (SST), the replacement for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Malaysia, started to take effect. Currently, there are about 160 countries in the world implementing a GST ...

As of May 16th, the Ministry of Finance of Malaysia has announced that from June 1st, the GST in Malaysia will be zero rated. Consumers were delighted, but GST-registered business owners probably had ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's new government on Wednesday said it would reduce a goods and services tax to zero from June 1, effectively abolishing it, a move that is likely to spur spending ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The Malaysian government has no plans to reintroduce a goods and services tax (GST ... Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Malaysia was weighing the return of a broad ...

On Jun 10, Malaysia cut diesel subsidies in a move ... will not immediately remove blanket petrol subsidies and bring back the Goods and Services Tax (GST). This is because the government aims ...

Still, bringing in a consumption tax is a political minefield for governments in Malaysia that have struggled for decades to boost tax collection rates, which are among the lowest in South-east Asia.

Malaysia has introduced a Goods and Services Tax (GST) of six per cent. GST replaces the Sales and Services Tax (SST) of up to 10 per cent. With GST, prices of goods and services could remain the ...

An economist today suggested that the goods and services tax (GST) could be a viable method for financing Malaysia’s social protection floor. Calvin Cheng of the Institute of Strategic and ...