- RMCD released an amended Service Tax Policy for Financial Services, Rental or Leasing, Private Healthcare, and Private Education.
- Exemption from penalties for late registration, submission, payment, and errors is removed in STPs 1/2025, 2/2025, 4/2025, and 5/2025.
- Despite removal in STPs, exemption remains until 31 December 2025 as per Ministry of Finance announcement.
- Service Tax Policy 1/2025 Amendment No.1 applies a blanket exemption on financial services in Group H, excluding those in Appendix A taxable from 1 July 2025.
- Appendix A includes conventional and Islamic banking, investment banking, BURSA Malaysia services, and other previously taxable services.
- Exemption for non-reviewable contracts updated to fixed unchanged contract value and applicable if not subject to tax before 1 July 2025.
- Exemption for acquisition of financial services updated for registered persons in Group H, removing outward remittance services from exemption scope.
- Exemption does not apply to brokerage services exempt from tax related to stock trading and other exempt services.
Source: deloitte.com
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