It's always useful to capture vital statistics. Sourced from here-
The government's revenue from taxes has not been increasing for the past three to four years, Deputy Finance Minister Senator Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai said.
He said on Tuesday, Sept 20 the amount was around RM160 billion a year even though expenditure was on an increasing trend.
He said one third of the government's revenue came from oil and gas, one third from taxes from companies and individuals while the remaining one third from indirect taxes such as stamp duties and Customs duties.
"There is a need to increase the number of skilled labour so that the government would be able to collect more taxes and increase its revenue," he said at the launch of a new Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC) secretariat office and signing of a memorandum of agreement between MFPC with UCSI University and UMSLink Sdn Bhd on registered financial planner (RFP) programmes here.
In Malaysia, Lim said, out of the 12.8 million workers, only 29% were skilled labour as compared to developed countries where 40% of their workers were skilled labour.
"Out of the 12.8 million workers in Malaysia, only 1.65 million pay taxes," he said.
The finance sector, he said, was one sector which has a lot of potential to create skilled professionals with its certification standards.
He said the government was looking at ways how Form 5 school leavers could gain certain skills such as to be a mechanic.
1 comment:
Friend de minimis, the figures are skewed by the recession and sharp revenue growth in 2007.
While the statement is true on the face of it (actual average for 2008-2010 is about RM159 billion, with little variation between the years), there's a lot of volatility in the quarterly data - a very sharp drop across most of 2009 relative to 2008, and modest recovery in 2010.
I'd expect government revenue to recover nearer to trend this year, as seasonally adjusted data shows tax collection sharply up.
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