Risky to levy windfall tax on IPPs


  • Letters
  • Tuesday, 29 Jul 2008

WHILE the latest announcement on the Windfall Tax and PPA renegotiations may benefit TNB, it has raised the regulatory risk and country risk rating of doing business in Malaysia.

This will translate to higher costs of raising capital, and a downward trend in credit appetite for big projects in the country.

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