<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>Overview</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">A <b><font color="#009900">goods and services tax&nbsp;</font></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><font color="#009900">(GST)</font></b>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: small;">in Malaysia , a value added tax, was scheduled to be implemented by the government during the third quarter of 2011, but the implementation was delayed until 1 April 2015. Its purpose is to replace the sales and service tax which has been used in the country for several decades. The 6% tax will replace a sales-and-service tax of between 5-10%.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goods_and_Services_Tax_(Malaysia)" title="GST" target="_blank">GST in Wikipedia</a></i></span></div>