SIBU: Assistant Minister of Youth Development, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah blasted Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali for turning the soon to be implemented Goods and Services Tax (GST) into an issue.
Abdul Karim, who is Asajaya assemblyman, asserted that GST was not a new tax system.
“It’s been used in more then 160 countries in the world and has been proven to be a fair and good tax system.
“Azmin must have run short of ideas to use the GST as an issue. GST is just replacing an existing Sales and Service Tax (SST) system which imposes higher overall tax then the GST,” he told The Borneo Post yesterday.
He was reacting to Azmin’s statement that PKR’s stand was that there should not be any tax that could burden the people.
Azmin had called for GST to be abolished for the benefit of the needy, including those in Sarawak.
Abdul Karim pointed out it was pointless to create fear among the public by demonising the new tax system.
“Approach it rationally and criticise objectively instead of criticising whatever BN does,” the assistant minister said.
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