‘Late decision on SST led to documentation error’


Ahmad: The error occurred in the Fiscal Review document of Budget 2024, which had been printed and distributed before Oct 13. — Bernama

A LATE decision to raise the service tax just before Budget 2024 was tabled on Oct 13 led to an error in early documents for the government’s spending bill, the Finance Ministry explained yesterday.

Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said the error occurred in the Fiscal Review document of Budget 2024, which had been printed and distributed before Oct 13.

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Ahmad Maslan , Awang Hashim

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