THE Government does not plan to impose a levy or tax on the RM18.1bil that foreign workers have sent or will send to their home countries this year, said Finance Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
Najib, who was replying as Finance Minister in the Dewan for the first time, said that up to June, the amount sent out of the country amounted to RM9.12bil, but was estimated to hit RM18.1bil by year’s end.
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