KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 10 -- The federal government is proposing to introduce a new tax relief of up to RM3,000 for care services provided by confinement centres or qualified individuals after mothers give birth.

In its proposed Budget 2027 tabled in Parliament yesterday, the Finance Ministry also proposed to reclassify or rename the income tax relief of medical treatment into "Health and Well-being", and to keep the existing maximum tax relief for this category at RM10,000.

Under this proposed renamed tax relief category of "Health and Well-being", the ministry proposed to expand it to cover these two expenses, starting from the tax assessment year of 2027:

Currently, Malaysian women can already claim a maximum RM1,000 in tax relief when ...