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PETALING JAYA: Consumers will eventually have to bear the brunt of the expanded Sales and Service Tax (SST) set to start July 1, said Malay Contractors Association of Malaysia president Datuk Mohd Rosdi Ab Aziz.

The SST, he added, will further put a dent in the thin profits of building contractors who are already struggling with higher operating costs, following the increase in prices and removal of subsidies of multiple items over the past two years.