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Amimah Oktarina, Rina Desiana P-ISSN: 2527- 4163 Sources Of Malaysia’s Income .... E-ISSN: 2654-332X Vol. 4 No.1 April 2019 SOURCES OF MALAYSIA’S INCOME AND ITS ALLOCATIONS IN CONTEXT ISLAM'S PUBLIC FINANCIAL IN NEWEST ERA Amimah Oktarina, Rina Desiana Lecturer, IAIN Bengkulu Lecturer, STIT University of Kupang. ABSTRACT In order to build an Islamic economic system in Islamic state, a state should manage its finance based on the principles of Sharia, both in the terms of earning or incomes and their allocations on the earnings side, a state should manage their incomes according to Islamic way. Than the result of their incomes should be allocated in order to achieve their goals, which is the prosperity of society. Tax is a policy which is settled by a government and decided according to the needs or necessities of state its self. For example, Malaysia has decided and managed their incomes sources such as tax, zakat, and awqaf. And they were allocated according to the needs or necessities of a state such as infrastructure, salaries, subsidies, and also to eight parts of zakat receiver. Keywords: Malaysia, The Source of Income, The Allocation of Income, Finance The Public of Islam. Introduction the program of protection to the poor people Country is a place for some people to (pro-poor).1 In the classical discourse, the make their better life. One of the most Islamic government that once attended the urgent thing is the existence of a historical stage, has also exemplified the forms government whose duty and function is to of country's income and its allocations. manage the country. Through a country's In an Islamic economic system and an revenue budget (in Indonesia called Islamic country, the country have to manage APBN), income and expenditures will be their finances with sharia principles as well. managed in a planned way for the whole Even from its income or its allocation. For the people. For example increasing the rate of economic growth (pro-growth), expanding 1 Muh. Fadhail Rahman, “Sumber-Sumber Pendapatan dan Pengeluaran Negara Islam”, Al-Iqtishad, new employment (pro-job), and improving Vol. 5 No. 2, Juli 2013, p. 237. 19 Baabu Al-Ilmi Vol. 4 no. 1 April 2019 revenue side, the country should be able to So in this journal will discuss the source of collect their incomes from the Islamic Malaysia's income and its allocation in the Shari'a system. Things that accordance context of Islamic public finances of the with Islamic shari'ah are zakat, infaq, alms, newest era, in which the income can help waqf, rikazh, jizyah, khumus, fay, kharaj, Malaysia achieve their target which can be ushur, taxes and debt if other sources of used as a model for other Muslim majority income are not enough for the country's countries like Indonesia. This discussion still budget.2 And the results of the incomes refers to the context of the Islamic public collection should be allocated to achieve sphere in classical era. In other words, the the goals of a country, that is to achieve the focus or limitation of this discussion is Islamic welfare of its society. public finance which is a public property or Seeing the development of the times property owned by the Malaysian government and technological advances, it is stated that for the benefit and welfare of their society. the income of a country in the context of Discussion Islamic public finances is not entirely the A. Short Profile of Malaysia same in the classical era. But according to Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy Islamic public finances in classical times, with a parliamentary form of government. there are some country's incomes in Islamic The head of country is Yang di Pertuan public finance systems that still exist in Agung. He was elected by (and from Islamic countries, one of which is in among) the kings (rulers) of nine Malay Malaysia, which is one of the Islamic native states to hold position for 5 years. countries that shares the economic structure The executive power is held by the prime with Indonesia and is sustained much by minister, appointed by Yang di Pertuan manufacturing and agricultural sector in its Agung. Malaysia consists of 13 states and development.3 three parts of the federal territory. The nine original Malay states are Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, 2 Nurul Huda, dkk., Keuangan Publik Perlis, Selangor, and Terengganu. Islami: Pendekatan Teoritis dan Sejarah, (Jakarta: Kencana, 2012), p. 74. Together with Melaka (formerly Malacca) 3 Timbul Hamonangan Simanjuntak, “Penerimaan Perpajakan di Negara Asean”, Jurnal and Pinang (formerly Penang), they Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan, Vol. 4, No. 2, November 2012, p. 185. created the former Federation of Malaya. 20 Baabu Al-Ilmi Vol. 4 no. 1 April 2019 The other two states are Sabah and people use Malay language. Malay is the Sarawak. The three-part Federal national language (formally called Malay). Territory, called Wilayah Persekutuan, English is used in business and consists of the island of Labuan, the government. The Chinese language is also capital of Kuala Lumpur, and the new mostly used. And Malaysia's official city of Putrajaya (designated in 2001). religion is Islam, but the constitution Malaysia is divided into two guarantees religious freedom to all society. distinct areas, namely West Malaysia Many ethnic Chinese are Buddhist or (or Semenanjung) and East Malaysia Taoist. Most Indians are Hindus. Some of (Sabah and Sarawak on the island of the tribes of Sabah and Sarawak are Borneo). The independent Malaysian Christians; the rest follow the traditional nation was created in two stages. In native religion of their ancestors. 1957, a part of the land (later called The wealth of natural resources and Malaya) gained independence from high technology industries has spurred Britain. In 1963, Sabah, Sarawak, and Malaysia's economic development in Singapore were added to Malaya, thus general. Even its human resources creating the Malaysian nation contribute to the Malaysian economy, from (Singapore became an independent banking and real estate to local country). government and commerce, the service Most of Malaysia's 30 million sector accounts for almost 47% of residents live on the Melaya Peninsula Malaysia's economy. The service industry or Semenanjung Malaya, especially in also employs about half of all the national cities or near the west coast. The workforce. Industry-related tourism also indigenous Malays constituted the contributes greatly.4 largest single ethnic group (50%), followed by ethnic Chinese (24%) and B. Malaysia’s Income Sources and Its India (7%). There is also a small Allocation number of indigenous peoples, they 1. Taxes as Malaysia’s Income are Orang Asli. Sabah and Sarawak in Kalimantan are inhabited mainly by 4Pete, Profil Lengkap Negara Malaysia, http://www.kembangpete.com/2014/08/13/profil- Dayaks and non-Malays. Most of the lengkap-negara-malaysia/, the date: 10 Oktober 2016. 21 Baabu Al-Ilmi Vol. 4 no. 1 April 2019 Malaysia is one of the Islamic of tax that contributes the most to countries, although this country Malaysia's incomes. Indirect taxes and the Islamic country of the revenue consists of import duties, time of the Prophet and the period export duties, excise duties, sales tax, of Khulafa al-Rashidin are and service tax.6 separated by long periods of time So as in general, Malaysian and cultural differences, but the income can be obtained from the Islamic Shari'a remains the true collection of taxes. Overall the tax character and remains flexible for laws in Malaysia are friendly, even for all times and regions. This local taxpayers or foreign investors assumption implies that the fiscal who invest there. In Malaysia policy of the early Islamic state individual taxes and corporate taxes can be reformulated in accordance are applied, but Malaysia does not with the legal and cultural order of recognize Taxes on Wealth, Taxes on Malaysian society.5 Land, Taxes on Rewards, and State Therefore, acceptance and Taxes (Local Taxes). In Malaysia, allocation in the Islamic country is there are two institutions that are in essentially valid in Malaysia as charge of taxation issues, namely the well as in Islamic countries in the Malaysian Home Products Institute classical period of applying (LHDNM) and the Ministry of various taxes as a source, as well Customs and Excise under the as Malaysia, which implements Ministry of Finance of Malaysia. the tax system as a source of LHDNM is authorized to income in Malaysia. administer country taxes such as The country's income comes individual and corporate income taxes, from indirect taxes, direct taxes, income tax on oil and gas, tax on and non tax revenue. Indirect profits from transfer of land and taxes revenue since 1960 is a type building rights, and stamp duty. While the Ministry of Customs and Excise is 5 Supangat, “Kebijakan Fiskal Negara Indonesia dalam Perspektif Ekonomi Islam”, 6Timbul Hamonangan Simanjuntak, Conomica, Vol. 04, Ed. 2, November 2013, p. 101. Penerimaan…, p. 185. 22 Baabu Al-Ilmi Vol. 4 no. 1 April 2019 authorized to administer indirect of costs and consumption and other taxes consisting of Import Duty, recognized needs of the government Customs, Sales Tax, Tax on as a whole in an effort to derive that Services. income.7 Individual tax or income tax Malaysian companies are taxable of an individual is a tax imposed not on total income received from on income received by an activities worldwide, but only income individual whether originating or received in Malaysia is taxed only. sent to Malaysia. If the source of Earnings received from outside such income is from outside Malaysia are not taxable in Malaysia.