MBKS Councillor Eric Tay Tze Kok has questioned the federal government\u2019s recent move to give a one-off RM100 cash aid to Malaysians aged 18 and above, saying it offers only temporary relief and does little to ease long-term financial pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRM100 may help in the short term buying some rice or petrol but it doesn\u2019t solve the structural issue of tax burden,\u201d said Tay. \u201cInstead of cash handouts, the government should focus on meaningful tax reform.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He pointed out that with the Sales and Service Tax (SST) now raised to 8%, many middle-income earners are feeling the pinch more than ever. Tay proposed gradual income tax reductions, higher tax thresholds, and relief for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as more effective and sustainable measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not against aid, but we hope for a more sustainable direction. Winning hearts with handouts is short-term. Empowering citizens through tax relief is the long-term answer,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tay also called for greater transparency in government spending and a fairer tax framework. He said aid mechanisms should be simplified to cut down bureaucracy and prevent wastage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA truly caring government doesn\u2019t ask how much to give, but ensures how much the people can keep,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MBKS Councillor Eric Tay Tze Kok has questioned the federal government\u2019s recent move to give a one-off RM100 cash aid to Malaysians aged 18 and above, saying it offers only temporary relief and does little to ease long-term financial pressure. \u201cRM100 may help in the short term buying some rice or petrol but it doesn\u2019t solve the structural issue of tax burden,\u201d said Tay. \u201cInstead of cash handouts, the government should focus on meaningful tax reform.\u201d He pointed out that with the Sales and Service Tax (SST) now raised toRead More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33450"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33452,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33450\/revisions\/33452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}