Minister for Finance delays to undetermined date imposition of sales tax on low value goods Reforms to sales tax on small value packages has been suspended. The Royal Malaysian Customs Department had already postponed the imposition of sales tax reforms on small parcel imports by
Prime Minister rules out return to Goods & Services Tax to replace Sales and Services Tax PM Anwar this week confirmed there are no plans to return to Goods & Services Tax (‘GST’). Following a review to scrap the existing Sales and Services Tax for
Legislation to impose Sales Tax on low-value goods from 1 January 2023 (to be finalised) The Malaysian Sales Tax Bill 2022 passed at the Parliament to impose Sales Tax on the imports of goods being sold to consumers under to-be-set threshold. This is expected to
Government still evaluating reintroduction of Goods and Services Tax to replace Sales and Services Tax Malaysia is again facing calls to reintroduce a Goods and Services Tax to replace its turnover-based Sales and Services Taxes. GST was first introduced in April 2015 to replace SST,
Malaysia has extended the exemption from 5% Service Tax for hotels and overnight accommodation. The existing temporary cut was due to expire on 1 July 2021. It will now apply to 31 December 2021. The reduction to 31 December 2021 applies to renting premises. Any
Malaysia imposed its Service Tax on foreign-provided digital services from 1 January 2020. This includes providers and electronic platforms. There is a RM 500,000 Sales Tax registration threshold. Non-residents must charge this to both B2C and B2B transactions. There is no requirement to appoint a
New budget promises extension of SST across e-commerce In the 2022 National Budget, published on 29 October 2021, Malaysia extended its 6% Service Tax to delivery services. Secondly, it will require sellers of imported goods not exceeding RM500 to charge 10% Sales Tax at the
