{
  "id": 1696014,
  "title": "Business : Broaden SST Exemptions To Reduce Tax Cascading -- CTIM President",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/business-broaden-sst-exemptions-to-reduce-tax-cascading-ctim-president",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T09:30:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2596077"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "By Niam Seet Wei KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- The government could consider incorporating positive elements of the goods and services tax (GST), such as broadening exemptions, into the existing sales and service tax (SST) to reduce cascading taxes, said a tax expert.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}