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Luxury Tax Bill Passed Legislation

In order to curb speculation on housing market so as to enable affordable housing for the general public and to address wealth divide concerns, the government proposed in March 2011 a Special Goods and Services Tax Bill (Luxury Tax Bill) for the imposition of special tax at the rate of 10% or 15% on the sales or imports of certain goods or services.