BPR hotline back in operations

CYBERJAYA: The Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat (BPR) hotline at 1800-88-2747 is back in operations beginning today after it was temporarily closed last Monday. The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) in a statement today said the line operates every Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. Besides using the hotline provides as an alternative to seek explanation on […]

IRB centralises, decentralises certain categories of taxpayer files

KUALA LUMPUR: The Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRB) is currently implementing the centralisation and decentralisation of certain categories of taxpayer files in line with the government’s policy on tax treatment for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The IRB said the implementation is also to meet the requirements of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines 2012, effective […]

120,000 to share RM92 million aid

KUCHING: The state government has approved RM92 million to provide financial aid to 120,000 persons under Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) as they were unintentionally not given the aid in earlier phases of disbursement. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg explained that these individuals in the low income (B40) group had not received […]

MBKS mayor, pol-sec pay courtesy call to IRB chief

KUCHING: Kuching City South Council (MBKS) mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng and political secretary to the Chief Minister Tan Kai made a courtesy call to Inland Revenue Board (IRB) Sarawak director Abang Ehsan Abang Abu Bakar. The purpose of the visit was to relate the issue of trade licence renewal faced by the business community […]

Payment via posted cheques at IRB stops Jan 1

KUALA LUMPUR: The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) will stop receiving payments made via posted cheques from Jan 1 next year. In a statement today, IRB said from that date, tax payments could be made via its official website www.hasil.gov.my, banking portals, counters at IRB payment centres, counters of appointed banks, cheque or cash deposit machines […]

BKSS appeals, new applications to be known Friday

KUCHING: The approval of new applications and appeals for one-off cash aid under the Sarawakku Sayang special aid packages (BKSS) will be announced on Friday, says Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. He explained that appeals and new applications were subjected to a review and verification process. “Approval for the cash aid is […]

Beware of syndicate using IRB logo

PUTRAJAYA: The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has advised the public to be wary of a syndicate which uses the IRB’s logo to scam victims. IRB, in a statement, said the syndicate’s latest modus operandi was to send letters, with the IRB logo, to victims to inform them of their overdue taxes from investments they had […]

Oct 31 deadline for Prihatin grant application

KUALA LUMPUR: Micro traders who are eligible to receive the Prihatin Special Grant (GKP) must submit their applications at the latest by Oct 31. The Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRB), in a statement today, reminded traders who had not yet received the one-off aid of RM3,000 to make their applications online at https://gkp.hasil.gov.my/. “Visit […]

Normal operating hours at IRB counters from tomorrow

PUTRAJAYA: The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) says that it will resume normal operating hours for tax services counters and revenue services centres (RSCs) at all of its premises beginning tomorrow (Sept 1). IRB, in a statement today, said that the operating hours of tax services counters at all IRB branches nationwide except Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu […]

Taxpayers should submit form B before Aug 31

PUTRAJAYA: The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) today reminded individual taxpayers with business income to submit form B for their assessment year 2019 by Aug 31. For guidance, taxpayers can refer to the Filing of Tax Returns for the Year 2020 through the following links http://lampiran1.hasil.gov.my/pdf/pdfam/ProgramMemfailBN_2020_Pin.3_1.pdf and http://lampiran1.hasil.gov.my/pdf/pdfam/ProgramMemfailBN_2020_Pin.3_2.pdf. To help individual taxpayers in this category to […]