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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 (Bernama) -- The government has proposed to extend tax incentives for angel investors by four years to attract more investors to provide capital funding to technology start-up companies at the pre-seed and seed stages.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 (Bernama) -- The fifth Global Digital Trade Expo was held in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, gathering over 2,000 global companies to showcase cutting-edge applications of artificial intelligence in digital trade.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 (Bernama) -- The income tax rate for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) is proposed to be revised, including a one percentage point reduction for the two lowest taxable income bands, effective from the 2027 assessment year.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 (Bernama) -- Corporate Malaysia should use the opportunities presented by Budget 2027 to step up investment, improve productivity and build more sustainable and internationally competitive businesses, said CGS International Securities Malaysia Sdn Bhd (CGS MY).
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (Bernama) – Budget 2027’s personal income tax relief measures could provide annual tax savings of up to RM1,600 for approximately five million taxpayers, supporting middle-income consumption, said CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- Budget 2027 is expected to channel savings from targeted subsidy reforms and stronger revenue collection back to the rakyat and businesses while maintaining fiscal discipline, said PwC Malaysia.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- Tenaga Nasional Bhd’s (TNB) RM15 billion investment in the national grid announced in Budget 2027 today addresses a critical priority and need for the infrastructure to support reliable power and industrial expansion, said Solarvest Holdings Bhd.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- Microfinancing will increase to RM6.6 billion in 2027 to help small business entrepreneurs increase their income, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- Loan facilities and financing guarantees for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) will be increased to RM57 billion in 2027 from RM50 billion, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- The individual tax relief limit has been increased to RM12,000 from RM9,000, which has not been reviewed since 2010, benefiting the middle-income group (M40), said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- The sales value of the manufacturing sector in August 2026 increased by 9.9 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM185.0 billion, up from the 9.1 per cent growth recorded in July 2026, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturing (FMM) has called on the government to introduce stronger incentives under Budget 2027 for environmental technologies, pollution prevention, industrial research and development, innovation, and small and medium enterprise (SME) sustainability investments.