Malaysia uses tax incentives to challenge Singapore for company HQs

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Malaysia uses tax incentives to challenge Singapore for company HQs

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Malaysia has released detailed guidelines on four new tax incentives revealed in its 2015 Budget, the most attractive of which aims to encourage companies to establish headquarters in Malaysia with a 0% - 10% corporate tax rate for 10 years.

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