‘SST expansion targets luxuries, not necessities’


PETALING JAYA: The expansion of the Sales and Service Tax (SST) is part of the government’s strategy to focus taxation on discretionary spending and not basic needs to protect vulnerable households, says the Treasury secretary-general.

According to Datuk Johan Mahmood Merican (pic), the structure of the expansion minimised the people’s burden by exemp­ting basic goods and small service operators from SST.

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