PETALING JAYA: The government should identify the T15 group and impose a petrol levy of RM2,600 a year when they renew their road tax, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.
"The government can impose this levy on cars valued at more than RM300,000. As an example, if the T15 group uses 2,600 litres of petrol a year with a subsidy cost of RM1 per litre, the government can collect RM2,600 as a petrol levy on their licence.
"If they are truly from the T15 group, they will have no issue paying this petrol levy, and we need to have only one single subsidised petrol type at petrol stations," said the Ayer Hitam MP in a Facebook video while speaking in Parliament today.
"With this, the government can recover the cost of the subsidised petrol from the T15 group."
Earlier, Pagoh MP Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had urged the government to review the targeted RON95 petrol subsidy plan that excludes the T15 households.
Calling on the government to review its proposed plan that was announced in Budget 2025, the Pagoh MP said inflation was expected to rise between 2% and 3.5% next year.
He also questioned the decision on petrol subsidy withdrawal, pointing out that the T15 group or top 15% income group has yet to be clearly defined.
“Husband and wife that earn RM7,000 a month can end up under the T15 group. “It will be unfair to classify such families as ‘ultra rich’ when their disposable income will be affected by housing and car loans including education fees for their children,” he said when taking part in the debate on Budget 2025.
In 2022, the T15 group was defined by the Statistics Department as those with a household income of at least RM13,295.Under Budget 2025, those under T15 will no longer be eligible for health, education and fuel subsidies.
Muhyiddin added that the RM1,700 minimum wage next year would also result in higher cost of living for consumers.
He said this was because employers, including smaller businesses would eventually transfer the higher cost of operations to consumers.
