Opinion Research Centre
SOME 50,000 new and existing taxpayers with a total assessment value of RM1 billion are expected to participate in the Inland Revenue Board’s (IRB) Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme beginning June 1 until May 2024.
Deputy Finance Minister Ahmad Maslan said the programme, which was first implemented in 2019, will be reintroduced to encourage taxpayers to voluntarily file their income statements without being penalised, or be penalised at a 0% rate.
CLIMATE activist Greta Thunberg and dozens of Sami activists blocked the entrance to Norway’s energy ministry today to protest against wind turbines still in place on reindeer herding land despite a court ruling.
“We can’t use the so-called climate transition as a cover for colonialism,” Thunberg told broadcaster TV2 as she blocked the doors of the ministry in Oslo.
KUALA LUMPUR: Some 50,000 new and existing taxpayers with a total assessment of RM1bil are expected to participate in the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme (PKPS) beginning June 1, 2023 until May 2024. Read full story
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Egypt are committed to strengthening ties and bilateral cooperation besides exploring potential partnerships in new industries, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Read full story
KUALA LUMPUR: The Umno Ulama Council (MUU) will function as a party wing with the role of elevating the dignity of Islam and Muslims, and is not aimed at re-establishing any form of political alliance, says its chairman Datuk Dusuki Ahmad. Read full story
PETALING JAYA: Individuals who fulfil three conditions can apply to the Insolvency Department to be lifted from their bankruptcy status, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. Read full story
KOTA KINABALU: A search and rescue operation has been mounted by the Sabah and Labuan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) to find a fisherman believed to have fallen into sea off Pulau Manukan here on Monday (Feb 27). Read full story
GOVERNMENT-linked pharmaceutical company Pharmaniaga Bhd has been issued the Practice Note 17 (PN17) after it was labelled financially distressed on Bursa Malaysia.
Its directors said the PN17 was triggered in the company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the period until December 31, 2022.
THE Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) is preparing a comprehensive amendment to the 1953 Lockup Rules to ensure the management of lockups and the basic rights of detainees are improved in line with current needs and requirements.
MOHA in a reply published on parliament’s website said this was among the measures taken by the police to curb the issue of deaths in custody.
AS the current parliament sitting enters its third week, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) continues to be a hot topic for debate among MPs.
During the Supply Bill 2023 debate today, Lim Guan Eng (Bagan-PH) expressed concern about the median EPF contributor’s savings dropping from RM16,000 in the year before the Covid-19 pandemic to RM8,100 in 2022.
