Budget 2023 Goodies For SMEs

Chin Chee Seong, National Secretary General, SME Association of Malaysia

28-Feb-23 07:45

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There were a plethora of goodies for SMEs in Budget 2023, most notably the cut in corporate tax by 2% to 15%. But does this go far enough in terms of assistance needed? Chin Chee Seong, National Secretary General of the SME Association of Malaysia tells us whilst offering his own suggestions.

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Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Chong Tjen San, Shazana Mokhtar

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Categories: government, economy, SME

Tags: budget 2023, sme, corporate tax,

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