Prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the Finance Minister, revealed during Budget 2024 today that the government is planning to increase the
service tax rate from 6% to 8%. Despite this, he assured that the tax collected is among the lowest in Asean at 11.8% of gross domestic product compared to Singapore and Thailand, both of which are recorded at 12.6% and 16.4% respectively.
In the interest to not burden the people, Anwar assured that the 8% SST increment will not apply to certain services such as food and beverages, as well as telecommunication. However, he also revealed that the government will expand the number of taxable services under the new service tax to include logistic services, brokerage, underwriting, and karaoke.
Last but not least, Anwar also noted that the government is mulling the exemption of capital gains tax on the disposal of shares related to certain activities. These include approved initial public offering , internal restructuring and venture capital companies subject to specified conditions.
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