- Malaysia will keep the sales and service tax (SST) for now, rather than reintroducing GST.
- The government may incorporate selected GST features into SST, especially anti-cascading measures to reduce double taxation.
- Officials said SST is simpler and uses fewer tax-collecting businesses: about 80,000 under SST versus about 480,000 under GST.
- The policy aim is to avoid burdening consumers and protect businesses from cascading tax effects while maintaining broad stability.
- GST was introduced in 2015, zero-rated in 2018, and replaced by SST in September 2018; reinstatement remains off the table unless median wages rise above RM4,000.
Source: freemalaysiatoday.com
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