KUALA LUMPUR: The government would introduce the goods and services tax “when the time is right”, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.
He said this was necessary eventhough Malaysia has a 12 million workforce and only 1.2 million paid taxes.
“I guess when the time is right, in the near future, probably after the next general election, we will introduce the GST.
“We need to explain this to the people and there is a growing acceptance that this is the way forward for Malaysia,” he said in a dialogue session with Forbes Media editor-in-chief Steve Forbes.
Najib said affirmative action to help the bumiputras would remain with a shift where opportunities would be created to help them grow.
The move was different compared to the New Economic Policy (NEP/ DEB) introduced in the 1970s where quotas were impose or percentage of shares or certain amount of contracts be set aside for the bumiputras.
“What we are trying to do now is to shift that. Affirmative action remains but it should be more on the basis of merit where we create opportunities for them to grow than imposing quotas on others,” he said.
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Dari malam tadi blog-blog pembangkang telah menghentam Perdana Menteri , lebih-lebih lagi Ketua AMK Rembau Chekgu Bard. lihat twitter beliau,
Nampak gayanya Pas mendapat suntikan baru untuk memutar belitkan kenyataan PM.
Yang didengar, cukai telefon dikurangkan tetapi harga masih tinggi. Barang makanan akan naik selepas PRU 13. Ini modal ceramah Pas mulai sekarang.
Adus!!!!: Apa tindakan PEMANDU dan YB Idris Jala? Kena buat penerangan lah pusing satu negara dan RTM pun kena fokus benda ini, terang betul-betul kepada rakyat.
Dulu ada seorang pemimpin Pas, dok kondem kerajaan sebab cukai kereta import 300 peratus. Dia dok puji negara lain yang harga kereta mercedes murah.
Jawapan TM mudah sahaja. rakyat kita suka tipu cukai, berniaga juta-juta tetapi bila akuan percukaian, tak pernah untung. dok rugi sahaja , tetapi dalam masa yang sama pakai kereta baru. So cara senang naikkan cukai import kereta CBU,,,,,padan muka , lari cukai pendapatan kena cukai kereta.....
Perlaksanaan GST memang bagus, sudah tentu ada ganjaran nya dan mungkin cukai pendapatan akan diturunkan lagi.
Sudah 2 tahun kita lihat pembayar cukai pendapatan menikmati potongan yang besar. ( Bab ini Chegubard tak tahu sebab dia mana pernah bayar cukai pendapatan).
Cukup lah tuu, mai pakat-pakat tokoko sorang sikit.
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