MCA has urged the government to reintroduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) instead of expanding the current Sales and Services Tax (SST) to cover more products and services.

“The government’s approach of continuously widening the SST tax net, without addressing underlying issues, will increase the burden on businesses and consumers, without solving the core problem of a weak national tax base.

“Rather than continually introducing new or ‘refined’ taxes, it would be more sensible to...