Experts say: Don’t tie GST to wage threshold


Voicing out concerns: (From left) Koong, Chin and Abd Halim.

PETALING JAYA: Setting a RM4,000 minimum wage as a condition for reintroducing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is not economically sound and inconsistent with Malaysia’s broader national goals, say experts.

According to tax expert Datuk Koong Lin Loong, the government should focus on strengthening the country’s tax fundamentals ins­tead of tying GST to an arbitrary wage threshold.

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