On 26th November 2019, the Federal Court in the case of Ang Min Lee v Menteri Kesejahteraan Bandar, Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan & 5 other appeals, issued a decision that will have an important bearing on the relationship between a housing…
In the 2020 Budget Speech, Finance Minister, Lim Guan Eng, announced the plan to merge the Special Commissioners of Income Tax (“SCIT”) and the Customs Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) into the Tax Appeal Tribunal (“TAT”). This is being done with the…
At present, where a loan is a foreign currency loan, the stamp duty payable on the loan agreement is RM 5.00 for every RM 1,000.00 or part thereof but the total duty payable shall not exceed RM 500.00. It is…
Finance Minister, Lim Guan Eng, in tabling Budget 2020 in Parliament, said that to “enhance the RPGT treatment”, the base year for real property gains tax will be revised to 1 January, 2013. When the 0% real property gains tax…
Malaysia joined the Madrid System as its 106th member on 27th September 2019, when the Government of Malaysia deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The Madrid…
For the 6th year running, Chong Kok Seng has written the Malaysian chapter on Aviation law in The Aviation Law Review, with Chew Phye Keat contributing the segment on Malaysian Competition law in regard to Aviation. Click here for the…
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The Royal Malaysian Customs Department recently released Minutes of Meeting No. 1/2018 of the Technical Committee on Sales Tax and Service Tax Implementation Issues. One of the issues raised at the meeting was the taxability of disbursements and reimbursements. Service…