MP to set up GST rebate counter

MIRI: Miri member of parliament Dr Michael Teo will run a goods and services tax (GST) rebate counter outside his clinic here from 11am to 3pm today.

In a press statement yesterday, the state Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) treasurer said he will hand out GST rebates on levied food bills and purchases of sundries below RM150 according to the receipts shown.

“Since the levy of GST in Malaysia on April 1, 2015, the people have been made poorer. Those in the lower and middle income groups are the worst affected. Their incomes cannot keep up with the increase of the food and sundry bills and their quality of life has been lowered,” he claimed.

“For the last decade, Malaysia has been plagued by leakages and wastage in public expenditure due to poor governance, and there has been no effort to arrest those problems. Instead, the federal government turned to tax on all Malaysians to fund their wasteful spending and leakages.”

Dr Teo said Pakatan Harapan, of which PKR is a component party, has agreed to abolish GST within 100 days should the coalition form the next federal government.

“We are committed to government institutional changes and we are to address the issues of corruption, leakages and wastage in public spending. There is no need to burden all Malaysians with the GST regime if we have good governance,” he said.