Ministry to meet state govts to discuss entertainment tax reduction


PUTRAJAYA: The Communications and Multimedia Ministry will hold a meeting with the state governments to discuss the proposal for entertainment tax to be cut or reduced, says its Deputy Minister Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin.

Through the meeting, he said he would propose for the local authorities not to impose excessive entertainment tax on the country’s art and film industry.

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