Students are exempted from business registration fees from Jan 1, 2017 In a bid to encourage more young people especially students to join the workforce as entrepreneurs, the Malaysian government has announced an initiative of exemption of business registration fees, starting from Jan 1, 2017. The main reason why is to encourage more young people…
Personal Income Tax Filing Season for YA 2016 in Malaysia Time to file your Malaysia personal tax return Under the self-assessment system which is based on the concept of “File and Pay”, individuals are required to: File their completed income tax return forms to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) together with the payment of…
Malaysia Regulatory Update: Foreign Exchange Administration (FEA) Rules In a bid to calm the markets and to improve liquidity, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) recently issued the revised Foreign Exchange Administration Rules (FEA Rules) effective 5th December 2016, as a measure to accelerate the development of Malaysian financial market and to promote financial stability. The objectives…
MIDA Strengthens Cooperation with Jetro 16 November 2016, Tokyo – The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) and Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) in the presence of both the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Sri Najib Razak and the Prime Minister of Japan, His Excellency Shinzo Abe. The two leaders…
Pay Your Tax on Time and Accurately What will happen if our tax payment is not on time, inaccurate or maybe we did not pay the tax? Will it affect our daily life routine? As all of us noticed, without the aid of technology, the result of IRB tracking for those who didn’t pay their…
IRBM Public Ruling No. 7/2016 We are hereby informed that the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) has, on 7 October 2016, issued Public Ruling (PR) No. 7/2016: Basis Period for Companies Under Liquidation. The objective of this PR is to explain the determination of the basis period for companies under liquidation. Related Links…
Implementation of Online Submission for The Application of Import Duty Exemption on Machinery & Equipment and Raw Materials & Components All applications for import duty exemption which involve PC1, PC Services, PC2, PC2A, PC2-1, SPM1 and SPM2 need to be submitted online with effect from 1 November 2016. With effect from 1 November 2016, all…
Imposition of Compound on Registrants who fail to make GST payments within a prescribed period Registrants who still have outstanding tax in the year of 2015 will be given until 31 October 2016 to pay the outstanding amount. Failure to do so will be imposed a compound to the maximum amount of RM 20,000. Registrants…
GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (GST) AUDIT FRAMEWORK Need more insight information? Feel free to contact 3E Accounting for us to assist in getting yourself prepared and ready for the GST audit. Prevention is always better than rectification. Get the right GST agent like 3E Accounting and you will not need to worry about the GST…
RM88.4 Billion Worth of Investments Approved In 1H2016 The approved direct investments in the services, manufacturing and primary sectors in the first half of 2016 (1H2016), totalled RM88.4 billion compared with RM125.9 billion in the same period last year. The investments approved in 1H2016 were in 2,499 projects, and are expected to generate more than…