KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian prepaid mobile users will be entitled to rebates throughout the whole of 2016.

The Communications and Multimedia Consumer Forum of Malaysia (CFM), in a statement today, said the rebate equivalent to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) amount will be credited directly to the users’prepaid accounts, effective Jan 1, 2016 until Dec 31, 2016.

This means a customer who tops up RM10, will initially get an airtime of RM9.43 as the six per cent GST will be deducted from the top-up.

The customer will receive a rebate of RM0.57 within 24 hours.

The GST paid by customers will be collected and remitted to Customs, in accordance with the GST Law and guidelines for all goods and services consumed.

Malaysia has around 33 million prepaid mobile users.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak when tabling the 2016 Budget on Oct 23 had announced that consumers would get rebates equivalent to the amount of GST paid.-nst