List of GST Relief Order 2014

The government has released another GST Relief Order 2014 under the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

At the tabling of Budget 2015 on Friday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced the list of Goods and Services Tax (GST)-related items to be gazetted which include more than 900 items in the "basket of goods".

GST will be introduced to replace sales and service tax.

Some of the items are:

Petroleum 1. All goods excluding petroleum 2. All goods excluding petroleum and imported motor cars

petrol

The GST Relief Order 2014 include petroleum

Education 3. Equipment and materials

Medical 4. Medical Equipment 5. Wheelchair 6. White canes for blind

medical

Medical equipments such as wheelchairs are also GST exempted

Food 7. Wine, spirit beer or malt liquor not exceeding 1 liter in all 8. Food preparation not exceeding RM75

Stationery 9.Equipment normally used by travel writer and journalists

books

Stationery for journalists are also GST-tax exempted

Vehicle 10. One motor vehicle of any description or one motor cycle

Household 11. Used portable articles other than household effects 12. Personal and household effect excluding motor vehicles.

Customs 13.Goods from principal customs area sent to designated area for repair or reprocessing and subsequently returned to principal customs area 14. Goods imported into principal customs area for repair and subsequently re-exported 15. Goods exported and subsequently re-imported for repair or reprocessing

Goods 16. All goods excluding cigarette, tobacco and intoxicating liquor 17.All goods in transit 18. Goods excluding petroleum 19. Pallets and empty containers including bottles, drums, flexi-bags and cylinders exported and subsequently re-imported.

rokok

Cigarettes are also GST-tax exempted

Funeral, burial and cremation services

coffin

20.Coffin inclusive of human corpses, human remains, human bones, or urn containing cremated human ashes.