Sarawak State Budget 2020: A Summary

The Sarawak State Budget for 2020 involves a total Expenditure of RM 9.891 bil of which RM 6.597 bil (67%) is for Development Expenditure and RM 3,294 bil (33%) is for Operating Expenditure. This is indeed a healthy budget as prudent financial practice allows the State to allocate a large sum for Development Expenditure. This is in contrast to the Federal Budget where Operating Expenditure, including a huge sum for staff Emolument, makes up for 81.1% of the Total Expenditure and only a miniscule amount of 18.9% available for Development Expenditure.

The State is expected to raise a revenue of RM 10.06 bil to finance this expenditure, of which RM 4.63 bil. or 46% is from Tax Revenue and RM 5.188 bil. or 53% from Non Tax Revenue, with details as in the Table below:

A.  Tax Revenue    
    Sales Tax  (including petroleum  RM 2.87 bil and Crude      Palm Oil  RM 0.445 bil) RM 3.491 bil
     Raw water Royalty         0.600
     Forestry Royalty and Timber Premium         0.413
     Mining Royalty         0.127
   
B. Non Tax Revenue    
     5% Royalty on Oil and Gas RM 1.839 bil
     Dividend Income        1,784
     Interest Income        1.058
     Land Premium        0.250
     Others        0.257
   
C. Non Revenue Receipts        0.248
   
 Total Budget Revenue  RM 10.060 bil
   

The above includes two new source of revenue, ie. RM 2.87 bil from Petroleum Sales Tax and RM 600 mil. from Raw Water Royalty. The Petroleum Sales Tax is still disputed by PERONAS

DAH IKHWAN

About DAH IKHWAN

Born in Kuching in 1948. Obtained Bachelor of Economics (Hons), U Malaya, and MBA, U Leuven, Belgium. Worked in senior management positions in Government Service until retirement in 2003. Business entrepreneur in the last 20 years and active in social organisations, besides being on the Board of government agencies, GLCs and member of top level advisory councils of the Government. Social and political research, analysis and writing are my hobbies.
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3 Responses to Sarawak State Budget 2020: A Summary

  1. Drmuz says:

    Tuan,
    Apa pandangan tenta g PRK tg Piai. SeperTi ada arus boikot pengundi Cina terhadap calon PH DARI BERSATU.

  2. DAH IKHWAN says:

    Sdr. DrMuz, nampaknya begitulah ada angin kuat pengundi Cina. Mereka dah nampak yang DAP tak dapat buat seperti yang mereka janji kepada pengundi Cina. Saya akan buat forecast dalam beberapa lagi.

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