2016 Pakatan Harapan alternative federal budget

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.

2016 (2016) Alternative budget of the Malaysian Federal Government
Averting a crisis
PartyPakatan Harapan
Total revenueMYR208 billion
Total expendituresMYR238 billion
Program SpendingMYR70.9 billion
DeficitMYR30 billion
(2.48% of GDP)
GDPMYR1,228.6 billion
WebsitePakatan Harapan Alternative Budget 2016

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

Revenue estimates for 2016 Alternative Budget, excluding 2016 tax measures

  Companies income tax (33.0%)
  Individual income tax (15.0%)
  Petroleum income tax (9.8%)
  PETRONAS dividend (9.6%)
  Excise duties from motor vehicles (4.3%)
  Stamp duty (3.7%)
  Petroleum royalty (2.6%)
  Excise duties from tobacco, cigarattes and cigars (1.9%)

(In million MYR)

Source Projected
Revenues		  % of
Total Projected
Revenues
Direct tax
Income tax
Companies
Individual
Petroleum
Withholding
Co-operatives
Others
Other direct taxes
Stamp duty
Capital gains tax (proposed tax)
Real property gains tax
Others
 135,571
123,399
68,830
31,265
20,480
2,430
369
25
12,171
7,723
3,500
852
96
 65.1%
59.3%
33.0%
15.0%
9.8%
1.2%
0.2%
0.0%
5.8%
3.7%
1.7%
0.4%
0.0%
Indirect tax
Excise duties
Motor vehicles
Tobacco, cigarattes and cigars
Spirits and malt liquor
Others
Sales tax
Import duties
Others
CKD and CBU vehicles
Spirits and malt liquor
Tobacco, cigarattes and cigars
Other indirect taxes
Service tax
Export duties
Crude oil
Palm oil
Others
Levy
Goods vehicles
Oil palm fruit
Goods and services tax
 26,784
14,396
9,016
3,974
1,402
3
2,890
2,865
2,217
533
82
33
2,715
1,943
1,824
1,646
175
3
152
152
0
0
 12.9
6.9%
4.3%
1.9%
0.7%
0.0%
1.4%
1.4%
1.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
1.3%
0.9%
0.9%
0.8%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
Non-tax revenue
Interests and proceeds from investments
PETRONAS dividend
Others
Bank Negara Malaysia dividend
Khazanah dividend
Licenses, registration fees and permits
Petroleum royalty
Motor vehicle licenses
Others
Levy on foreign workers
Other non-tax revenue
Service fees
Fines and penalties
Proceeds from sales of goods
Rentals
 43,618
24,354
20,000
2,204
1,700
450
13,427
5,432
2,824
2,608
2,563
2,456
1,390
1,153
570
268
 20.9%
11.7%
9.6%
1.1%
0.8%
0.2%
6.4%
2.6%
1.4%
1.3%
1.2%
1.2%
0.7%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
Non-revenue receipts 1,401 0.7%
Revenue from Federal Territories 894 0.4%
Grand Total Revenue208,268

Expenditures by object

These tables are in million MYR.

Description Projected
Expenditures
Operating expenditures
Emoluments64,995
Supplies and services15,124
Assets1,106
Fixed Charges and Grants85,231
Other Expenditures1,379
Total Operating Expenditure167,835
Development expenditures
Direct Grant65,741
Loans3,175
Contingencies Reserve2,000.0
Total Development Expenditure70,916
Grand Total Expenditure238,750

Reactions

See also

References
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