Malaysian Customs Dept targets RM40bil from taxes this year

ALOR SETAR, March 21 (Bernama): The Royal Malaysian Customs Department is targeting to collect RM40.7 billion in taxes this year, or higher than the RM38.6 billion in 2020.

Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz is confident that the department could achieve the target even though the country still has to contend with the sting of the Covid-19 pandemic.