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
PDRM to consult AGC in completing Teoh Beng Hock investigation
The police may seek new testimony from existing witnesses for additional insights into the investigation of Teoh Beng Hock's death.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Thai court rejects petition over ex-PM Thaksin's political influence
Thailand's Constitutional Court rejects a petition seeking to stop Thaksin Shinawatra from interfering in the running the Pheu Thai party.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Abidin takes oath of office as Sungai Bakap assemblyman
The State Assemblyman for Sungai Bakap, Abidin Ismail, was sworn in today at the State Assembly building, Lebuh Light.
Fri Nov 22 2024
UPNM cadet officer charged with injuring junior, stomping on him with spike boots
A cadet officer at UPNM pleaded not guilty to a charge of injuring his junior by stomping on the victim's stomach with spike boots.
Fri Nov 22 2024
How Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's alleged bribery scheme took off and unraveled
The indictment was unsealed on Nov. 20, prompting a $27 billion plunge in Adani Group companies' market value.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Elon Musk blasts Australia's planned ban on social media for children
Several countries have already vowed to curb social media use by children through legislation, but Australia's policy could become one of the most stringent.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Trump picks Pam Bondi for US Attorney General after Gaetz withdraws
Bondi was the top law enforcement officer of the country's third most populous state from 2011 to 2019, and served on Trump's Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission during his first administration.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Ringgit extends uptrend against greenback in early trade
At 8 am, the local currency climbed to 4.4600/4700 against the greenback.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Lebanon's only burn unit treats toddlers after Israeli strikes
The hospital hallways echo with the screams of children as anxious parents await news from doctors.
Fri Nov 22 2024
AI revolutionising sports to develop world-class athletes
Can a young Orang Asli child from Gua Musang, Kelantan be turned into an Olympic champion in 2036?
Fri Nov 22 2024