Gov’t lost out on RM4.89 bil in excise duty on locally-assembled vehicles from 2015 to 2017 – AG’s report

Gov’t lost out on RM4.89 bil in excise duty on locally-assembled vehicles from 2015 to 2017 – AG’s report

The Auditor-General’s Report 2018 Series 1 has revealed that from 2015 to 2017, the government provided RM4.89 billion worth of excise duty exemptions to locally-assembled (CKD) vehicles, The Edge reports.

Various excise duty exemption incentives were granted by the government during the period, and included that for state assemblymen, members of Parliament, embassies and the government as well as for the Returning Expert Programme (REP) and Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programmes.

There were also exemptions given via special approval from the ministry of finance (MoF) and the exemption of excise duties for energy efficient vehicles (EEVs), which was introduced under the National Automotive Policy (NAP) in 2014 to provide incentives for fuel-efficient, hybrid and electric vehicles.

Gov’t lost out on RM4.89 bil in excise duty on locally-assembled vehicles from 2015 to 2017 – AG’s report

The report stated that from 2015 to 2017 a total of 73,250 units of CKD vehicles were given excise duty exemptions of up to 100%, amounting to RM4.89 billion. The percentage of exemption listed in the AG’s report was clarified by the MoF in a written response in January this year, in which the ministry explained that while EEVs covered EVs, hybrids and petrol/diesel vehicles, the 100% exemption of import and excise duties were only considered for EVs and hybrids.

For petrol/diesel vehicles that obtained EEV certification, the level of import/excise duty exemptions were considered based on a cost-benefit analysis and were approved by the ministry after deliberation by the Automotive Business Development Committee (ABDC).

Three states were sampled in the audit, and these were Pahang, Kedah and Selangor, all of which accomodate vehicle assembly facilities. From that RM4.89 billion worth of total excise duty exemption, the report indicated that the exemption that was approved in these three states amounted to RM4.095 billion, or 83.75% of the total.

Gov’t lost out on RM4.89 bil in excise duty on locally-assembled vehicles from 2015 to 2017 – AG’s report

The bulk of the excise duty exemption was for EEVs and fleet management service provider SPANCO’s vehicles, and these totaled RM3.862 billion, or 94.3%, of all approved exemptions during the three-year timeframe.

It was the opinion of the auditor that the rating system for EEVs by the road transport department (JPJ) – which is based on UN R101 regulations that were not complete, especially in relation to carbon emissions, but which nonetheless allowed a 100% exemption in excise duty to be given – needed to be reviewed.

Noting that Thailand utilises carbon emission rates as part of regulations for its eco-car programme while also imposing excise duties on eco-car models, the report said that a review will ensure that excise duty exclusions will not affect the collection of state revenue and, concurrently, ensure the success of the NAP.

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Comments

  • Don’t raise the excise duty or we will do a Hong Kong in KL. Our PM and ministers get more that theresa may of UK, a country with economy 8 times ours. Cut down politicians pay first.

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    • Hondah on Jul 16, 2019 at 2:51 pm

      Now the time to Abolish excise duty and AP.
      when Proton Iriz and Honda Jazz both selling for Rm55k. Logically local pipu wud get the Iriz.

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  • Not Toyota Fan on Jul 15, 2019 at 9:27 pm

    251228-M = Innokom
    106864-D = Hicom
    Spanco deals with gomen fleet of vehicles

    Make your own conclusions.

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    • MyNewToy on Jul 15, 2019 at 9:57 pm

      Innokom
      251228-M

      DRB Hicom
      106864-D
      532120-D
      100995-U & 614278-U

      UMW
      400709-X
      21542-A

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      • newma on Jul 16, 2019 at 10:23 am

        Khazanah and KWSP should takeover SPANCO’s lucrative and gerenti untung for the supply, repair, maintenance and management of the government’s vehicle fleet for a concession period of 15 years,

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        • Zechariah Pinto on Jul 16, 2019 at 1:14 pm

          You are right. The last auditors report show that the previous generation Perdana, although priced at RM100k each, had a service bill of RM100k for 3 years.

          This is shocking. I repeat. Every Government Perdana, had a service bill of RM100k every 3 years. This is despite the car having a Proton warranty for 3 years.

          OMG OMG OMG. This has been going on for over 20 years.

          How can a Perdana, which cost RM100k, can have service bill of RM33k per annum?

          I had a Proton before and per annum, I pay about RM3k in service and tyres.

          OMG OMG OMG

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          • Crony on Jul 16, 2019 at 3:17 pm

            Selangor Government 2015 to 2017 with SPANCO berpisah tiada.

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          • Zechariah Pinto on Jul 16, 2019 at 7:25 pm

            Spanco company abang abang yang tak suka kerja

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    • Mario and Bros on Jul 15, 2019 at 11:14 pm

      Hmmmm……I recommended to tax all Korean Cars like Hyundai and Japanese Cars like Toyota, Nissan and Honda. That way more people will more encourage to buy national cars like Proton and Third National Cars. Furthermore, when workers looking for pick up trucks, they have many choices to buy Ford, Isuzu and Mitsubishi. Anyway, we all of us just want to say that we hope that our government will not going to impose tax for BMW, Mercedes, Proton and Volvo because environment is more important.

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      • But First, made the quality to tally the prices of national cars

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    • Lost RM4.89 billion! Wth Govt 2015 to 2017.

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    • Angry Voters on Jul 16, 2019 at 10:47 am

      Instead of tasking AG to find out why Pakatan Government debts rose RM 200billion in just 1 year in office, they go and ask their lackey AG to wayang something irrelevant like how much revenue was lost because the people didn’t have to pay for excise duties. Go fly kite lah Pakatan!

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      • Adviser on Jul 16, 2019 at 2:27 pm

        Pengurusan Tertinggi SPANCO secara terang membantu langsung Kempen.. jom terjah

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  • drMpower on Jul 15, 2019 at 10:39 pm

    You LOST something that shouldnt be there in the first place.
    Now high time already for cars to be made as parity to others.

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    • Tun F on Jul 16, 2019 at 11:42 am

      RM4.89B buy free tol LDP, Sprint, Kesas in 2015.

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    • Really? on Jul 16, 2019 at 12:25 pm

      Really? So punish the mid and low income class and give advantage to higher?
      The amount of RM rebates given to Mercedes, BMW and Volvo is sickening.
      Audit Negara should look into this. Why lose money to foreigners?

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      • REALLY? on Jul 16, 2019 at 10:25 pm

        If you believe in that then you a bigger fool than i thought you were.
        Take BMW for example, it is a euro 3 engine not a euro 6 as the ones sold in Europe. The emission standard and fuel consumption does not meet standard but bmw Malaysia claim it does.
        The truth is it is hard for MITI to come up with emission standard for eev.
        Firstly because it would affect JAMA and national cars who doesnt reach certain emission standard and prefer lower cost of entry to the malaysian market.
        Secondly, ir is down to the implemtation of a higher euro standard fuel. Our current euro 2m petrol is in the dark ages. We should be heading for euro 6. However it will be sept 2020 before the implemtation for euro 4m.
        For sure a cleaner environment is the right direction, but just implementing a new NAP (whenever that comes) will not change the majority on the road. Emission standard must be
        Implemented to existing cars also, hence th3 scrap policy.

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  • Celup King on Jul 15, 2019 at 10:42 pm

    What are they trying to tell? That rakyat had saved RM4.89 billion because their CKD cars didn’t get excise taxed? So what?

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    • Rakyat Malaysia on Jul 16, 2019 at 5:27 pm

      Thank you Najib for saving us RM 4.89 billion!

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      • Correcto. Thank you for saving us RM 4.89 billion + RM 55 billion 1Mdb ! Lolz

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        • LRT User on Jul 16, 2019 at 6:32 pm

          Fully agree! 60 billion saved, now we are wasting 44 billion on stupid ECRL realignment that will kill the purpose of this project.

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  • Stevie on Jul 15, 2019 at 11:10 pm

    The only thing they need to do is stop giving vehicles to the premier grade posts in public sector. These people are abusing it for makan angin and balik kampung whereas it should only be used for official matters only. Some even claimed for mileage and tolls as well. Instead of providing cars can just giving them extra allowance as if they don’t own any personal car.
    Don’t penalised the rakyat at large by removing EEV incentives as it has proven in NAP 2014 to reduce the car prices tremendously. They must have forgotten the fact that only ckd version is entitled so when we lose out on excise duty we actually generating revenue from employment which in turn increasing local spending.

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  • calcutta on Jul 16, 2019 at 4:33 am

    what subsidi? why the car keep getting more expensive?

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  • YB Albert on Jul 16, 2019 at 7:18 am

    It is misleading to say gomen lost out.What about high import duties on cbu n non national cars?High time pakatan reduce duties.With so much corruption untackled,rakyat deserves lower car taxes.

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  • John Doe on Jul 16, 2019 at 7:34 am

    Excise taxes are meant to be removed. If the government is so greedy that they don’t even plan on doing that why can’t they at least allow Malaysian to enjoy cheaper green car at least. For god sake just leave it at 100% we already have car prices that are already exorbitantly priced

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  • xoxox on Jul 16, 2019 at 8:02 am

    Car EEV is a failed scheme…you see the top 3 manufacturer is all selling luxury cars…who benefits more on this EEV? it should refine into pricing category as well if possible.

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    • X5 xDrive40e owner on Jul 16, 2019 at 11:03 am

      You meant P1, P2 and Honda are luxury car manufacturers? Then you must be dead broke

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      • newme on Jul 16, 2019 at 1:00 pm

        When taking Proton into account, these are luxury manufacturer.

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      • hafiz on Jul 16, 2019 at 2:25 pm

        read the article la.. he meant top 3 car manufacturer that benefitted EEV scheme. Merc Bmw & Volvo.

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      • 3 star on Jul 16, 2019 at 10:27 pm

        Typical BMW owner. Too stupid to look at the fact

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    • Latukbandar on Jul 16, 2019 at 11:08 am

      That is because charging stations is lacking behind, for the rich, they can buy these eev as part of their toy collection, they can use it for city driving only and then pop into their other petrol car for long distance, we the poor have to buy 1 car to fit all.

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    • Beg to differ. 6148 units Proton Accordana sold.

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    • nanostix on Jul 16, 2019 at 12:11 pm

      Wait for the flying car.

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  • Myvi1.5s on Jul 16, 2019 at 8:44 am

    Don’t forget the car price in Malaysia is one of the highest in the world. Hilang poket kiri masuk poket kanan maa.

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    • Obviously you did not drive your MyVi1.5s to our neighbor Singapore and ask how much they are paying for their cars.

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  • 4G63T DSM on Jul 16, 2019 at 9:31 am

    “The bulk of the excise duty exemption was for EEVs and fleet management service provider SPANCO’s vehicles, and these totaled RM3.862 billion, or 94.3%, of all approved exemptions during the three-year timeframe.”

    So yeah. to summarize the wall of text. This is the issue. So what’s with the sensational headline?

    So why is SPANCO managing the government fleet? Government agencies can’t manage their own fleet?

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    • redpilled on Jul 16, 2019 at 2:44 pm

      So you want agencies to open up their own maintenance Dept, hire more people, while at the same time decrying about the myth of ‘bloated civil service’….?

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      • Anti Spanco on Jul 16, 2019 at 4:07 pm

        Nope. Just assign a small department for each ministry to handle servicing. For the first 3-5 years all cars need to go back to franchise SC in order to maintain warranty cover. So, no need workshop. Just send there. The charges are more or less similar to spanco, maybe a lot less

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        • If the entire fleet of civil servant cars and police cars have to return for servicing at SC every month, Proton’s private car owners will curse for the long waiting times and cancellation of their slot due to urgency of servicing patrol cars. Is this better than having SPANCO?

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          • Horizon Sailor on Jul 17, 2019 at 12:21 am

            Maybe gov should fully utilize other agencies to maintain their car fleet…exp..exp..to let the PDRM logistic & maintenance dept or army engineer corps to do the servicing and repairing of goverment car fleet.

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  • this are all nonsense…by show something untrue n want to give a reason to increase some more on it?… pls la u think rakyat still gone beleive on this?..

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  • this are all nonsense…by show something untrue n want to give a reason to increase some more on it?… pls. la u think rakyat still gone beleive on this?..

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  • newme on Jul 16, 2019 at 10:18 am

    What about excise duty that the rakyat lost out for the past 34 years just to keep PROTON afloat?

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  • tokmoh. on Jul 16, 2019 at 10:22 am

    Proton very few EEV. So proton had been model citizen by paying excise duty unlike others. Syukur.

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  • kenot on Jul 16, 2019 at 10:42 am

    It is the previous policy regarding tax duty. so what is the point to tell using keyword “lost out”?

    Or this news just to justify the car price will be hike even for ckd?or gov agencies need to pay the same market price for their fleet?

    I know the Government need money from new tax. don’t forget prototaip kereta terbang will come out soon. maybe can get intensive or tax exemption if buy one.

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  • Mr. Octopus on Jul 16, 2019 at 10:55 am

    Without the tax incentives, the sales wouldn’t be there. So there will be no RM4bil to earn. In other words, no loss no gain either way but do not forget it still puts money into the economy so don’t complain.

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  • simon on Jul 16, 2019 at 10:57 am

    heard the eev plan would be scrapped.

    1 look at the figures and you see the top 3 brands that benefit the most.

    it’s meant to make cars cheaper for most people but those that buy conti are the ones that benefit.

    totally lopsided. and get rid of proton’s protection since its no longer national car. give the other japanese brand and euro brands a level playing field.

    perodua to be the only national car now.

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    • Celup King on Jul 16, 2019 at 3:20 pm

      Explain how is Perodua a “national car manufacturer” when their cars have never originated from them?

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  • Gabriel on Jul 16, 2019 at 10:58 am

    Kudos to the previous government for making sure that car prices are low even though that will make the government losing income.
    Fast forward to 2019, we are seeing that cars are getting more expensive, which will inadvertently affect the lives of us normal people. No initiatives to address this matter from the new government which currently busy politicking.

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    • Norlia on Jul 16, 2019 at 4:08 pm

      Macam hancing jek. Proton facelift models all cheaper by 2k-6K.

      Fast forward to 2019, we are seeing that cars are getting more expensive,

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      • Fordist on Jul 16, 2019 at 6:16 pm

        Proton only. Camry got price increase, Mazda cars got price increase, even motors got price increase!!!

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  • hazamiey on Jul 16, 2019 at 12:05 pm

    This MAI is a joke. I ran a Bumiputera company and have been doing projects with government agencies for a decade. The mentality of these government people are just simply out of this world. They seems unable to comprehend even the simplest way of solving problems. Let alone providing solutions for serious issues like economy, education, national security, healthcare, etc. Technological advancements, scientific exploration, renewable energy, new automotive policies? Forget about it. Now i can understand the underlying problem of our country facing right now is not whoever the ruling coalition is, it is the people within all the government agencies that drag us down. U can change the the ministers, but the people within these agencies such as MAI are basically still the same. The are not competitive enough to make crucial decisions that will affect the future of this country.

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    • Not Toyota Fan on Jul 16, 2019 at 2:01 pm

      Critical thinking is not a requirement. What would you expect?

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      • Amran on Jul 16, 2019 at 6:21 pm

        The top guy in government agencies dont even know to use keyboard. What would you expect?

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  • seancorr (Member) on Jul 16, 2019 at 12:09 pm

    Lose out? Come on man this is profit for the government because this stimulates the economy in return with domestic spending. It’s a win win situation.

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  • John Doe on Jul 16, 2019 at 12:27 pm

    The headlines are getting more and more crafty with the current government. The obsession of finding the previous government in stealing money has become a daily chore. It’s like an addiction you can’t get off with. The public is also having a hard time shaking it off and accept the fact that they wasted thousands since the last two GE’s to fly back to vote absolute idiots in.

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  • tongkat gang on Jul 16, 2019 at 1:11 pm

    there is no business like the tongkat business. manufacturing would have cost less&less over time. somehow prices dont reflect this. fat cats getting fatter and fatter. all thanks to tongkat lords

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  • dong gor on Jul 16, 2019 at 2:48 pm

    You can’t count the money that is not there dude!
    If there was no EV exemption, then the sales number of the published sheet won’t look like this. Common sense la, ahdui. All these ppl which Uni one?

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    • Damon Lee on Jul 16, 2019 at 5:33 pm

      Same uni with our current crop of Deputy Foreign Minister, Housing and Local Government Minister, Finance Minister, Defence Minister, Perak MB, Johor MB, and perhaps many more we haven’t found out. Scary these people are in the government.

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      • John Doe on Jul 17, 2019 at 9:10 am

        You forgot the palm oil fairy…she’s so uncultured that no one in the world wants to talk to her. She’s no different then the kuehteow woman forcing every government function to talk about her obsession.

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  • usohai on Jul 16, 2019 at 2:57 pm

    so many keyboard warrior here..lulz

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    • Crony on Jul 16, 2019 at 3:19 pm

      Can’t blame them when they’re getting paid to divert attention from Selangor Government of 2015 to 2017 that gave the maintenance deal to SPANCO.

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    • John Doe on Jul 17, 2019 at 9:11 am

      The same ones who went to protest and sleep in the streets …. it never ends

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  • Obviously you did not drive your MyVi1.5s to our neighbor Singapore and ask how much they are paying for their cars.

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  • La la on Jul 16, 2019 at 10:28 pm

    At a glance due to the usage of negative words make one thinks bad of the government but in actual sense it was a incentive program.

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  • Paparadzi on Jul 17, 2019 at 4:09 am

    We (rightfully) complaint about high car prices, yet still hoping for RM 1.50 petrol.

    If I have my ways, I’d rather have cars at real world price (with a bit tax) combined with fuel at real world price too.

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  • vVivi Zurianti on Jul 17, 2019 at 12:20 pm

    Stupidity has no limits. Esp in MAlaysia

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  • Ollie on Jul 19, 2019 at 8:33 pm

    Said it before, EEV criteria is a joke. We gave 2.5 billion to Merc and BMW. What a rich country

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