Its chairman, Woon Tai Hai, said the tax reliefs included incentives such as double-tax deductions and depreciation allowances to corporations to automate and convert to e-services for their customers.
"Government agencies must also play an important role to promote e-government services by providing incentives for the public to use them, such as rebates and discounts for the submission of tax returns online," he told Bernama from an email interview recently.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is expected to table the 2013 Budget in parliament tomorrow.
Woon said the ICT industry was currently plagued by inadequate supply of quality graduates with relevant soft skills that the industry needed.
He said the number of ICT graduates has halved compared to a decade ago and PIKOM hoped the government could consider providing requisite financial incentive especially for private universities and colleges to run specialised ICT courses.
"As the size of the Malaysian ICT industry is miniscule compared to the global market, we need to build global players but such efforts can be costly to the company.
"We hope the government can help by providing financial assistance which includes allowing chambers of commerce and trade associations to undertake market and industry intelligence gathering especially using the Market Development Grants of Malaysia External Trade Development Corp," he said.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Kenny Teng Khoon Hock
Quelle/Source: Bernama, 27.09.2012
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