UEC fees exempted from new tax

Source: The Star
            4 March 2015

KUALA LUMPUR: The Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) fees for Chinese independent high schools under United Chinese School Committees’ Association (Dong Zong) will be exempted from the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Chua Tee Yong said the Customs Department had ­decided that any education expenses would not be subjected to the GST.

“The high schools originally were not GST exempted from the examination fees because the institutions were not registered under the Education Ministry.

“Usually based on the exam guidelines, all fees for primary, secondary and private schools should not be subjected to the GST,” he told reporters here yesterday.

Without the extra charges for examination fees, he said the burden of parents would be lightened.

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