Less than four months left for voluntary disclosure, LHDN reminds taxpayers

PUTRAJAYA: Taxpayers nationwide have been reminded to use the ongoing Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme (SVDP) 2.0 to improve their tax compliance status. The Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) said they have less than four months to do so as SVDP 2.0 will end on May 31. It said that as of Jan 31, it had received 64,748 voluntary...

Check travel restriction status before travelling abroad, says LHDN

PUTRAJAYA: The Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) has urged taxpayers to check their tax arrears and travel restriction status before planning to travel abroad this school holiday. In a statement today, the IRB said that taxpayers can check their tax arrears status via the MyTax portal at https://mytax.hasil.gov.my/ and their travel restriction status at https://sspi.imi.gov.my/sspi/. "If taxpayers have...

Businessman fined RM2.6mil for failing to submit annual income tax returns

KOTA KINABALU: A company director ended up paying more than three times he owed the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) after he was found guilty for failing to file his income tax annual returns for two years. The 59-year-old automobile batteries dealer Wee Yung Heow was slapped with a penalty of RM2.6mil and fined RM10,000 by a...

Court orders Shafee to pay more than RM5.5mil in income tax arrears

KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah was ordered by the High Court here on Thursday (Dec 21) to pay over RM5.5mil in income tax arrears to the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN). Judicial Commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain issued the order after Senior Revenue Counsel Norhisham Ahmad informed the court of the final amount to be...

High Court fixes Dec 13 to hear Rosmah’s application to strike out 17 charges

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has set Dec 13 to hear Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s application to strike out all 17 graft charges she is currently on trial for. This comes after the court heard during case management on Thursday (Sept 7) that Rosmah’s counsel Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin submitted the application on Wednesday (Sept...

Use of online tax services mandatory from Sept 1, says LHDN

PUTRAJAYA: The Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) is mandating the use of e-services for taxation through the MyTax portal in stages from Sept 1 this year. The LHDN said the mandatory use of e-services is in line with the government's aspiration to gradually increase the number of fully online services, with the transition expected to be fully...