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Tax Matters – Is a travel ban a fair collection tactic?
TRAVEL bans are being used by the tax authorities to pressure taxpayers to settle outstanding liabilities, whether or not those liabilities are correct in law.
Tax Matters – Treatment of mutual fund distributions for individuals
IN THE Malaysian marketplace, total assets under management (AUM) by unit trusts or mutual funds amount to more than RM1 trillion.
Tax Matters: SST exemptions – are businesses leaving savings on the table?
BUSINESS enterprises, including companies, are merely supposed to be tax collectors on behalf of the government under the Sales and Service Tax...
Tax Matters – When capital statements may misrepresent undisclosed income
A CAPITAL statement is a tool used by income tax authorities worldwide to estimate, in a “rough” manner, fluctuations in an individual’s wealth by...
Tax Matters – Transfer pricing: How to get your benchmarking correct
EXTERNAL comparability analysis, or benchmarking, is one of the most important yet often misunderstood aspects of transfer pricing. The essence of...
Tax Matters – Intra-group loans frequently raised in audits
IT IS very common for a group of companies to provide loans to one another. The primary reason is to utilise the internal funds before going to...
Tax Matters – Overview of the Global Minimum Tax
THE Global Minimum Tax (GMT) was introduced to address profit shifting by very large multinational enterprises (MNE) to low-tax or tax-free...
Tax Matters – Understanding the Mutuality Principle
THE Mutuality Principle is a principle that is not commonly used and understood by many taxpayers. The underlying concept is a simple proposition...
Tax Matters – Understanding the different types of IRB assessments
TAXES cannot be collected without a formal assessment. All taxpayers must submit the tax returns provided for in legislation in the prescribed forms...
Tax Matters – Transfer pricing deadline looms for Dec 31 year-end taxpayers
ALL taxpayers undertaking related party transactions other than those who are specifically exempted by the Malaysian Transfer Pricing Guidelines...
Tax Matters – Opportunity to rectify e-invoice issues
DESPITE the introduction of the e-invoice for business that commenced from Aug 1 2024, beginning progressively from large enterprises to enterprises...
Tax Matters: CGT or RPGT – which one applies to your capital gain?
UNTIL Jan 1 2024, taxpayers were very clear that only income that is accrued in or derived from Malaysia or received in Malaysia from outside the...