Exemption of CGT, taxes on FSI deemed to boost capital market performance
PwC Malaysia tax partner Jennifer Chang said the exemption would encourage more unit trusts to be set up in the capital market.
Wed Jan 17 2024
Government eyes annual revenue of RM800 mln via CGT implementation - MoF
Guidelines will also be issued to provide more clarity on the implementation of the CGT, said the MoF.
Wed Nov 08 2023
[COLUMNIST] The Silicon Valley Bank debacle
The cause of SVB's problem is grounded in not learning from past history and a dominant paradigm that's failed time and again.
Tue Mar 21 2023
[COLUMNIST] Capital gains tax as a strategic fiscal policy lever
One of the ways to make use of the CGT is to conceptualise it as a strategic fiscal policy lever.
Mon Mar 20 2023
Paris commuters hit by travel disruption as metro workers strike
The CGT had called on workers nationwide to walk off the job in a push for higher wages at time of record inflation.
Fri Nov 11 2022
Australian journalist Cheng Lei faces trial in Beijing court
Cheng Lei was formally arrested a year ago on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas.
Thu Mar 31 2022
Australian broadcaster suspends China's CGTN citing human rights complaint
The letter from Safeguard Defenders to SBS said CCTV had broadcast the forced confessions of some 56 people between 2013 and 2020.
Fri Mar 05 2021
China bans BBC news broadcasts in apparent retaliatory move
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Ofcom had acted on "political grounds based on ideological bias."
Fri Feb 12 2021
China aims fire at BBC as dispute with Britain intensifies
Britain and China have been exchanging barbs for months over China's crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong.
Fri Feb 05 2021
China TV names Dr Noor Hisham among world's top three doctors on COVID-19
CGTN said it has crowned Dr Noor Hisham as one of the top doctors in the world for his straightforward and calm approach in handling the COVID-19 outbreak in Malaysia.
Thu Apr 16 2020
Speed, political courage needed to follow China's successful COVID-19 counterattack
Replicating the success of China's counterattack elsewhere will require speed, money, imagination and political courage, according to the team leader of the China-WHO joint mission on COVID-19.
Mon Mar 16 2020
CGT will stifle DDI, FDI - Ahmad Maslan
Malaysia currently imposed the CGT only on capital gains from the sale of real estate known as the Real Property Gains Tax.
Tue Oct 14 2014
Proposed CGT will stunt economic growth, says MPs
Several BN members of Parliament questioned the proposal by the opposition pact to introduce the Capital Gains Tax to replace the Goods and Services Tax as this could stunt national economic growth.
Tue Oct 14 2014
Bomb squad sent to London's Gatwick Airport after terminal evacuation
This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Kelantan urges caution amidst northeast monsoon rains
Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern receives UN leadership award
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.
Fri Nov 22 2024
ICC'S arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant an apt decision - PM
The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Fri Nov 22 2024
KTMB provides two additional ETS trains for Christmas, school holidays
KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.
Fri Nov 22 2024
BNM'S international reserves rise to USD118 bil as at Nov 15, 2024
Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Findings by dark energy researchers back Einstein's conception of gravity
The findings announced are part of a years-long study of the history of the cosmos focusing upon dark energy.
Fri Nov 22 2024
NRES responds to Rimbawatch press release on COP29
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Online Safety Bill and Anti-Cyberbullying Laws must carefully balance rights and protections
The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) stands united with people in Malaysia in the fight against serious online harms.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Malaysia's inflation at 1.9 pct in Oct 2024 - DOSM
Malaysia's inflation rate for October 2024 has increased to 1.9 per cent, up from 1.8 per cent in September this year.
Fri Nov 22 2024