Make it taxing for citizens and govts fall


WE ALL know what people say about death and taxes – that they are the only things in life that are certain. Does this mean the death of a tax has an extra layer of certitude? We will soon find out.

It is not often that a broad-based tax meets its end, but that is set to happen in Malaysia with the passage of the Goods and Services Tax (Repeal) Bill in Dewan Rakyat this week.

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