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Tax relief for Covid-19 tests

Feb 15, 2022

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Tax-payers can now claim relief of up to a thousand ringgit for Covid-19 testing.

The IRB informed the Malay Mail, this can be claimed for the taxpayer, spouse and children in the assessment for 2021.

However, supporting documents, including hospital or pharmacy receipts must be provided as evidence.

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The Thailand government plans to reopen the Malaysia-Thai border by next month.

Malaysian visitors will be allowed into the kingdom via the quarantine-free Test and Go program.

This is to boost tourism into Thailand…because Malaysians had been one of the largest groups of visitors there before the pandemic.

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Malaysia’s population now stands at 34.2 million.

Based on the findings of the 2020 Population and Housing Census…over 97 percent of the population is made up of Malaysians, while the rest are non-citizens.

There are also more men than women…with males making up more than 52 percent of the population…for a ratio of 110 men to 100 women.

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Employers in Melaka have been warned not to force their staff who have tested positive for Covid, or are close contacts, to come in to work.

State authorities issued the warning…following complaints that some bosses in the restaurant, supermarket and manufacturing sectors were asking their positive staff to continue working as usual.

The Melaka Health and Anti-Drug Committee chairman said stern action will be taken against errant employers…especially with the rise in workplace-related clusters in the state.