Since 1st September 2018, Malaysia consumer tax has been replaced by a new tax system - the Sales and Service Tax (SST). SST is compiled by 2 separate tax systems, which is the Sales Tax and Service Tax.
We've started a blog series to list down all items and their respective sales tax rate in detail. We have just listed down list of other edible products in the series. We will be listing out chemical products and their respective SST rates.
You can check all your chemical related products in this post to see which rate they are subjected to under SST.
Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes
Exempted from Sales Tax
All others are subjected to 10% sales tax.
Chemicals
5% Sales Tax
- Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
All others are exempted from sales tax.
Colouring Matter
Exempted from Sales Tax
- Chinese Ink
- Shoe Whitening
- Nila
- Refill Ink
- White Board Marker Ink
10% Sales Tax
- Oil Pastels Colours
- Poster Colour
- Stardust Glitter For Artwork
- Water Colour
Cosmetic Products and Perfume
Exempted from Sales Tax
- Clove Oil Preparation (For Medicinal Uses)
- Essence
- Essential Oil
All others are subjected to 10% sales tax.
Miscellaneous Chemical Products
Exempted from sales tax
- Easy Test Urine Pregnancy Test Cassette
All others are subjected to 10% sales tax.
Our next blog post in this SST item list series will be on articles of vaiours products. This includes articles of wood, rubbers and textiles.
Stay tuned!
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