{"id":14886,"date":"2015-03-26T17:30:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T09:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=14886"},"modified":"2015-03-26T17:31:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T09:31:59","slug":"1315-medicines-added-to-gst-free-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/1315-medicines-added-to-gst-free-list","title":{"rendered":"LATEST: 1,315 medicines added to GST-free list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"gst\" alt=\"gst\" src=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/pills.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"290\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>An additional 1,315 types of medicines have been included in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) zero-rated supplies list.<\/p>\n<p>The initial list had only 2,900 types of medicines. With the new additions, the list now have a total of 4,215 medicines.<\/p>\n<p>The additional zero-rated medicines were recently approved following concerns raised by relevant authorities, Customs GST Division senior assistant director II Norazura Hashim told reporters at a special health and GST briefing sessions at Putrajaya this week.<\/p>\n<p>The full list of tax-exempt medicines is available on the Customs website.<\/p>\n<p><i>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/News\/Nation\/2015\/03\/26\/Medicine-GST-free\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An additional 1,315 medicines are now GST-free following concerns raised by relevant authorities. 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