LANGKAWI: The Budget 2017 which will be tabled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Oct 21 will not involve a hike in the Goods and Services Tax (GST), said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Othman Aziz. He was commenting on claims by certain parties that Najib who is also Finance Minister, would announce an increase in the GST during the tabling of the Budget 2017. Othman said the GST which was introduced on April 1 last year did not involve all essential items. Othman said preparations for the tabling of the Budget 2017 which are in the final stages had taken into account the opinions of the people from all levels of society. “There could be certain parties claiming that the government would increase the GST, but our government is responsible,” he said.

Source: New Strait Times October 04, 2016 15:33 UTC