PARLIAMENT | The government was told to separate "sin" tax from the consolidated fund so that only halal money is used to pay the salary of civil servants.
This proposal was mooted by Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff (PAS-Rantau Panjang) during the committee stage debate of Budget 2019 at Dewan Rakyat today.
"We know that the country obtained billions of ringgit from gaming licences and gambling operators," she said.
"While I want to congratulate the government for reducing special draws, we hope all these (sin) taxes will be separated from the normal revenues," said Siti Zailah (photo).
"This is because we want the consolidated fund used to pay the wages of the civil servants to come from those halal sources," she added.
She suggested that the sin tax chanelled to development fund.
[More to follow] -Mkini
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