10% tax for online goods under RM500 shipped from overseas

Love shopping online for goods shipped from overseas? Malaysia finally imposes the 10% Low Value Goods tax from 1 Jan 2024. Here's everything you need to know.

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"Lawmakers also agreed to allow states to begin kicking ineligible people off their Medicaid rolls in April, regardless of when the Covid-19 public health emergency ends.

"While Democrats fought to require every state Medicaid program cover postpartum care for a year, the final legislation has fallen short and instead would only make permanent 33 states’ extended coverage."

https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/19/congress-reaches-major-health-policy-deal-on-medicare-medicaid-and-pandemic-preparedness/

#Budget2022
#Medicaid
#healthcare
#MaternalHealth
#RepubllicansHatePeople

Congress reaches major health policy deal on Medicare, Medicaid, and pandemic preparedness

Leaders in Congress have reached a sweeping deal to ease Medicare pay cuts to doctors, make major changes to post-pandemic Medicaid policy, and to help prepare for future pandemics

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"Immigration provisions, cannabis banking measures and a child tax credit expansion were excluded from the deal.

"It would raise the threshold to force a vote to object to a state's electoral votes from one member of the House and Senate to one-fifth of each chamber. It would also beef up laws involving state certification of elections."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-releases-major-spending-bill-election-reforms-prevent-another-rcna62469

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#ChildTaxCredit
#marijuana
#elections
#democracy

Congress releases major spending bill with election reforms to prevent another Jan. 6

Congressional leaders released a bipartisan government funding bill that includes a rewrite of federal election laws aimed at preventing another Jan. 6.

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'We did everything we could to save the economy said
#RishiSunak & #JeremyHunt.
Well, not that, obviously'. 🐘
#Brexit #r4today #RemainersWereRight
#EconomicCrisis #Budget2022
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Jeremy Hunt features in Matt’s cartoon, you can tell it’s him from the ‘sincere’ look of anguish on Robin Hood’s face, as he robs them. #Austerity #budget2022

@13sarahmurphy Listening to @Jeremy_Hunt totally #gaslighting the public on @BBCr4today

This sort of polite calmness is even more dangerous & insidious than the buffoonery of Boris….

It’s as if the @conservatives haven’t acknowledged the utter carnage they’ve caused.

And no acknowledgement of the disaster that is #Brexit

#budget2022

#budget2022 I am not too sure the Conservatives get this; we support higher taxes when they lead to an improvement on public services and the NHS, not higher taxes to pay off their profligacy over the last 13 years; and higher council taxes mean higher costs, ergo inflation.

Carer's Allowance in the UK in 2022 = £69 per week max. for providing 24/7 care - £1,400 per month in Germany.

£69 is disgraceful. It's way out of step with the times and costs.

#budget2022

Do you think there is institutional misogyny when it comes to finance? Would many British people rather have a man with a slightly posh accent but no financial experience in charge of the economy than a woman who is a financial expert?

#Budget2022

Hunt said a review of the state pension age will be published early next year. #budget2022 Work until you drop dead in essence.