Budget 2024 : Digitalisation Initiatives, Tools, Funding, And More For SMEs

Dr Juita Mohamad, Director of Research & Director of Economics and Business Unit, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) | Harvindar Singh, Council Member, Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia

17-Oct-23 12:00

Budget 2024 : Digitalisation Initiatives, Tools, Funding, And More For SMEs

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Malaysia’s national Budget 2024 was unveiled on Friday, 13 October 2023, by Prime Minister and Finance Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim with a total allocation of RM393.8 billion. Today, in our continuing coverage of the Budget 2024 announcements, we take a deep dive into what the budget has in store for digitalisation initiatives with a focus on tools and fundings that may support SMEs and businesses with Dr Juita Mohamad, Director of Research & Director of Economics and Business Unit at Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) and Harvindar Singh, Council Member at Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia, and Partner at Harvey & Associates.

Produced by: Kishan Sivaswamy, Carol Wong

Presented by: Richard Bradbury

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Categories: economy, Corporates, government, SME, entrepreneurs

Tags: digital transformation, budget 2024, SME digitalisation, digitalisation, e-invoicing,

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