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No GST until minimum wage threshold reaches RM3,000: PM | Scoop
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has said that while GST will help the government increase its revenue collection, it will only be implemented once the minimum income threshold reaches RM3,000 to RM4,000. – Alif Omar/Scoop file pic, October 13, 2024
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No GST until minimum wage threshold reaches RM3,000: PM

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says although the tax system would help expand govt’s coffers, the poor should not be burdened with it

Bernama
Updated
3:03 PM MYT

 

KUALA LUMPUR – The government will only implement the goods and services tax (GST) if the minimum income threshold is at RM3,000-RM4,000, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. 

Currently, the minimum monthly wage in Malaysia is RM1,500. 

Acknowledging the tax system as efficient and transparent, Anwar said the GST would also help to expand the government’s coffers with higher revenue collection.  

However, he believes that the poor should not be burdened with such a tax system. 

“I agree, GST is the most transparent and efficient tax system…but my view is, give it some time, some years, (we must) make sure that the income threshold increases to the minimum of RM3,000 to RM4,000, then we can adjust the policy,” he said at the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s 78th Annual General Meeting here today. 

Anwar, who is also the Finance Minister, said the GST implementation has been an ongoing issue for decades, even during his time as finance minister in the 1990s. 

He disagreed at that time, believing that addressing corruption involving billions of ringgit should be a priority. – October 13, 2024

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