Traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) practitioners who are registered under the T&CM Act 2016 [Act 775] will be exempted from the eight percent service tax, according to the Finance Ministry.

“As long as the TCM practitioners are registered with the Act under the Health Ministry, they will be exempted from the service tax that will come into effect on March 1, 2024,” Finance Minister II Amir Hamzah Azizan told Bernama during a special interview today.