KUCHING: Negotiations will be carried out between the state and Federal governments to draft out a win-win solution and mechanism on how best the state government’s own sales and services tax would be implemented once the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is to be implemented in April next year.
Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan said according to Article 95B of the Federal Constitution, Sarawak and Sabah had the autonomy to impose their own sales taxes for their revenue.
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