Customs Department director-general T Subromaniam has promised to crack down on leakages within his department as a way to close the tax gap created by the government’s switch to the Sales and Services Tax (SST).<br /><br />The shortfall from replacing the Goods and Services tax (GST) with the SST is estimated to be about RM22 billion.<br /><br />Speaking today at a forum entitled “Eradicating Income Leakages Nationally”, Subromaniam said he aims to reduce this shortfall by RM3 billion, as per what he previously promised Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng in a meeting.
