KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Razak will progressively cut corporate and personal income tax in the next 5 years to continue Malaysia’s shift toward consumption-based taxation, he says in a Tuesday interview in Kuala Lumpur.
Size and timing of tax cuts to depend on oil prices and GST revenue Najib expects his Barisan Nasional coalition to achieve better results in an upcoming election than in 2013
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