2016 Pakatan Harapan alternative federal budget
Appearance
Party | Pakatan Harapan |
---|---|
Total revenue | MYR208 billion |
Total expenditures | MYR238 billion |
Program Spending | MYR70.9 billion |
Deficit | MYR30 billion (2.48% of GDP) |
GDP | MYR1,228.6 billion |
Website | Pakatan Harapan Alternative Budget 2016 |
The Malaysian alternative federal budget for the 2016 fiscal year was launched by Pakatan Harapan on 21 October 2015, two days before the Malaysian Budget Day, as a response to the government's federal budget.
Areas of direction
Some of the key items in the alternative budget were:
- Implementing the capital gains tax since this is also being implemented in 127 countries, including all European countries which are part of the OECD.
- Implementing the inheritance tax since many OECD members already implemented.
- Restructuring of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) by putting the firm into administration and prosecuting wrongdoers.[1][2][3]
- Separation of Prime Minister and Finance Minister portfolios to avoid excessive concentration of power held by one individual.[4]
- Support extension of Zeti Akhtar Aziz's term as Bank Negara Malaysia governor by two more years.[5]
- For a short term, keeping Goods and Services Tax (GST) system by zero-rating all items to mitigate inflation.[6][7]
- To set up a petroleum endowment fund for East Malaysians.[8]
- The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high speed rail (HSR) project funds will instead be reallocated to building a rail network in Sabah and Sarawak.[9][10]
- Offset the loss of GST income by making MYR30 billion in savings by stamping out "wastage and corruption", and also by shutting down several state-linked corporations.[11]
- Reducing PETRONAS dividend to MYR20 billion.[12]
- Revamping cash handouts such as Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) to be conditional on employment and school attendance; the low-income parents must work and send their children to schools.[13]
- Focusing more on agriculture because the country's agricultural policies were “backward, if compared with other countries”; it is necessary to give the subsidies directly to the farmers and also provide a subsidy for the price of rice.[14]
- Parliamentary oversight of sovereign wealth funds for greater accountability, accountability and full independence of regulators which include the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Attorney-General of Malaysia, Bank Negara Malaysia and Parliament of Malaysia.[15]
- Focus in bridging the economic activities' gap in Peninsular Malaysia and those in Sabah and Sarawak.[16]
Total revenues and spending
Revenues
(In million MYR)
Source | Projected Revenues |
% of Total Projected Revenues |
---|---|---|
Direct tax
|
135,571
|
65.1%
|
Indirect tax
|
26,784
|
12.9
|
Non-tax revenue
|
43,618
|
20.9%
|
Non-revenue receipts | 1,401 | 0.7% |
Revenue from Federal Territories | 894 | 0.4% |
Grand Total Revenue | 208,268 |
Expenditures by object
These tables are in million MYR.
Description | Projected Expenditures |
---|---|
Operating expenditures | |
Emoluments | 64,995 |
Supplies and services | 15,124 |
Assets | 1,106 |
Fixed Charges and Grants | 85,231 |
Other Expenditures | 1,379 |
Total Operating Expenditure | 167,835 |
Development expenditures | |
Direct Grant | 65,741 |
Loans | 3,175 |
Contingencies Reserve | 2,000.0 |
Total Development Expenditure | 70,916 |
Grand Total Expenditure | 238,750 |
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See also
References
- ^ "Pakatan Harapan moots putting 1MDB into administration in alternative budget - Yahoo News Singapore". Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Pakatan's budget proposes to wind up 1MDB - The Malaysian Insider". Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Pakatan to get Interpol help for return of 'stolen' money | Free Malaysia Today". Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Pakatan Harapan proposes separate PM and Finance Minister portfolios - The Rakyat Post - The Rakyat Post". Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "'Extending Zeti's term will help stabilise economy' - Malaysiakini". Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Pakatan Gov't will keep GST, zero-rate the tax | Free Malaysia Today". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "In alternative budget, Pakatan Harapan says will zero rate all GST items - Yahoo News Singapore". Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Ucapan Ketua Pembangkang di Majlis Pelancaran Belanjawan Pakatan Harapan 2016 | Selangorkini". Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Opposition's alternative budget: No GST, no high-speed rail project | New Straits Times | Malaysia General Business Sports and Lifestyle News". Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Pakatan budget vows to scrap KL-S'pore high speed rail - Malaysiakini". Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "In alternative budget, Pakatan Harapan says will zero rate all GST items - The Malaysian Insider". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Pembangkang mahu kurangkan dividen Petronas kepada RM20b | Malaysia Gazette". Retrieved 21 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Pembangkang kekalkan BR1M cuma ubah cara bayaran | Free Malaysia Today". Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Pakatan Harapan's alternative budget focuses on East Malaysia | Portalkini". Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Alternative Budget 2016: Finance Minister post cannot be held by same person - Videos | The Star Online". Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Opposition's alternate Budget to focus on closing East-West gap | Malaysia | Malay Mail Online". Retrieved 21 October 2015.