The Cabinet is prepared to discuss the possibility of exempting water and electricity from the planned sales and service tax (SST) hike, says Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
Asked if the matter will be raised in the next Cabinet meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister on Wednesday (Feb 28) said it was not on the agenda yet but the Finance Ministry was looking at the overall situation.
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Asked if the matter will be raised in the next Cabinet meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister on Wednesday (Feb 28) said it was not on the agenda yet but the Finance Ministry was looking at the overall situation.
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00:16 Regarding the SSA exemption proposal to have
00:20 SSA exemption for electricity and water,
00:23 will the cabinet prepare to discuss this matter?
00:27 You're talking about?
00:28 Exemption of electricity and water, SST.
00:33 SST?
00:34 SST.
00:35 Oh yeah, yeah, that will be discussed.
00:37 Definitely for some areas, I think the government will have a look at it.
00:41 Government?
00:42 There's no final decision yet, but that will be some of the areas we're looking at,
00:46 who are entitled to exemption as far as SST is concerned.
00:50 In particular, the utility companies and so on.
00:54 Because otherwise it goes back to the people.
00:56 So will it be discussed in the coming agenda meeting?
01:00 No, it is not specific on that yet.
01:02 But we are looking, and we have been looking overall right now.
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