Wan Rosdy told the Pahang state assembly sitting at Wisma Sri Pahang here today the state government has various plans to increase its revenue collection, including through recurring revenue collection.

He said the present revenue collection system could not continue because of various reasons such as increases in salaries, the number of civil servants, and cost of living, which had forced the state government to look for other means to increase revenue collection.

“One of the things that can be done is to increase the collection of recurring revenue, as we have approximately 740,000 land titles. If this can be increased to one million titles, the annual revenue will increase.

“Likewise, if the process of changing the conditions (on land status) is simplified, it will lead to higher income because it will increase land ownership,” he said.

Wan Rosdy was replying to a supplementary question from Chan Chun Kuang (PH-Semambu), who wanted to know the state government’s plans to increase revenue collection without increasing the land tax rate.

Earlier, Wan Rosdy said the state government collected RM1.288 billion in revenue last year, with the largest collection coming from land revenue (RM754.8 million), followed by other revenue such as entertainment duties and sustainability fees (RM284.15 million), forests (RM134.18 million) and federal grants (RM91 million).

Replying to a question from Rodzuan Zaaba (BN-Jenderak) regarding the collection of the RM3 sustainability fee introduced last year, he said it contributed RM9 million to the state’s revenue collection and was placed under revenue in other categories.