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- Title
TAX REFORM: IS IT WELFARE-ENHANCING OR WELFARE-REDUCING?
- Authors
Taha, Roshaiza; Ahmad, Norsiah; Endut, Wan Anisah; Baatwah, Saeed Rabea Ali
- Abstract
The ongoing tax reform in Malaysia has triggered our motivation to understand the effect of such reform on the public since the government has continuously emphasised that the changes would not burden the consumer. Whether this is a myth or reality is deemed interesting to ponder upon. Thus, this study aims to provide evidence concerning Malaysian tax reform on consumer welfare by looking at the price effect, consumer burden, and inflation. Price observations of the pre-, during and post-reformation period were conducted to provide meaningful evidence. Interestingly, the outcome of the observation rules out the public accusation that the tax reform would boost the price of goods and services and further result in a welfarereducing event. Also, a review of the recent statistics on poverty incidence does not show a negative effect of tax policy changes on society's welfare. It is hoped that the discussion provided in this paper will shed light on the impact of tax reformation in Malaysia, albeit a further thorough examination might be required.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; TAX reform; FISCAL policy; POVERTY statistics; PENSION reform; PRICE inflation
- Publication
International Journal of Business & Society, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 3, p1101
- ISSN
1511-6670
- Publication type
Article