KUALA LUMPUR: The government has no plan to re-introduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) at this moment, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today.
He pointed out that his previous statement on GST has been taken out of context leading to the assumption that the government would consider bringing back the tax regime.
“We (the government) have not discussed it yet.
“The matter (on whether the government will consider bringing back GST) was asked by reporters.
“I answered (by saying that) if this is the request of the people, and as we are sensitive to the wishes of the people, we will study (the request).
“No study has been carried out, and since I made the statement, there has yet to be a (Pakatan Harapan) presidential council meeting,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby here today.
On Thursday, Dr Mahathir was reported as saying that the government would consider studying the re-introduction of the GST if the people believed it to be better than the current Sales and Services Tax (SST).
However, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng in response to this said there must first be "incontrovertible" evidence that the people wanted GST back.
