T&CM exempted from SST, says Finance Ministry


PETALING JAYA: Traditional and Complementary Medicine (T&CM) will not be subject to the sales and service tax that was supposed to come into effect on March 1, says the Finance Ministry.

In a statement Monday (Feb 19), Second Finance Minister Senator Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan said this was decided after weighing the responses from various parties, including T&CM practitioners.

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