Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53

Incorporating all amendments up to 15 January 2015

ACT 53
INCOME TAX ACT 1967
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Part I PRELIMINARY

SECTION

1.Short title and commencement

2.Interpretation

Part II IMPOSITION AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TAX

SECTION

3.Charge of income tax

3A.Charge of income tax

3B.Non-chargeability to tax in respect of offshore business activity

3C.Non-chargeability to tax in respect of offshore business activity

4.Classes of income on which tax is chargeable

4A.Special classes of income on which tax is chargeable

4B.Non-business income

4C.Gains or profits from a business arising from stock in trade parted with by any element of compulsion

5.Manner in which chargeable income is to be ascertained

6.Rates of tax

6A.Tax rebate

6B.Tax rebate

6C.Tax rebate on fees

7.Residence: individuals

8.Residence: companies and bodies of persons

9. Residence: companies and bodies of persons

10. Residence: companies and bodies of persons

11.Residence: companies and bodies of persons

12.Derivation of business income in certain cases

13.General provisions as to employment income

13A.General provisions as to employment income

14.General provisions as to dividend income

15.Derivation of interest and royalty income in certain cases

15A.Derivation of special classes of income in certain cases

15B.Derivation of gains or profits in certain cases

16.Voluntary pensions, etc.

17.Derivation of pensions, etc.

Part III ASCERTAINMENT OF CHARGEABLE INCOME

Chapter 1--Preliminary

SECTION

18.Interpretation of Part III

19.Supplementary provisions for the interpretation of Part III

Part III ASCERTAINMENT OF CHARGEABLE INCOME

Chapter 2--Basis years and basis periods

SECTION

20.Basis years

21.Basis period of a person other than a company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society

21A.Basis period of a company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society

Part III ASCERTAINMENT OF CHARGEABLE INCOME

Chapter 3--Gross income

SECTION

22.Gross income generally

23.Interpretation of sections 24 to 28

24.Basis period to which gross income from a business is related

25.Basis period to which gross income from an employment is related

26.Basis period to which gross income in respect of dividend is related

27.Basis period to which gross income in respect of interest, etc., is related

28.Basis period to which gross income not provided for by sections 24 to 27 is related

29.Basis period to which income obtainable on demand is related

30.Special provisions applicable to gross income from a business

31.Special provisions applicable to gross income from a business

32.Special provisions applicable to gross income from an employment

Part III ASCERTAINMENT OF CHARGEABLE INCOME

Chapter 4--Adjusted income and adjusted loss

SECTION

33.Adjusted income generally

34.Special provisions applicable to adjusted income from a business

34A.Special deduction for research expenditure

34B.Special deduction for contribution to an approved research institute or payment for use of services of an approved research institute or company

34C.Special provision applicable to adjusted income from a discount or premium

34D.Special deduction for expenditure on treasury shares

35.Stock in trade

36.Power to direct special treatment in the computation of business income in certain cases

37.Power to direct special treatment in the computation of business income in certain cases

38.Special provisions applicable to adjusted income from an employment

38A.Limitation on deduction of entertainment expenses

39.Deductions not allowed

40.Adjusted loss

41.Ascertainment of adjusted income or adjusted loss from a business for an accounting period

Part III ASCERTAINMENT OF CHARGEABLE INCOME

Chapter 5--Statutory income

SECTION

42.Statutory income

Part III ASCERTAINMENT OF CHARGEABLE INCOME

Chapter 6--Aggregate income and total income

SECTION

43.Aggregate income

*Total income

44A.Group relief for companies

44B.Carry-back losses

Part III ASCERTAINMENT OF CHARGEABLE INCOME

Chapter 7--Chargeable income

SECTION

45.Chargeable income and aggregation of husband's and wife's income

45A.Deduction for husband

46.Deduction for individual and Hindu joint family

46A.Deduction for individual and Hindu joint family

46B.Deduction for individual on interest expended

47.Deduction for wife or former wife

48.Deduction for children

49.Deduction for insurance premiums

50.Application of section 49 where husband and wife are living together

51.Deduction must be claimed

Part III ASCERTAINMENT OF CHARGEABLE INCOME

Chapter 8--Special cases

SECTION

52.Modification of Part III in certain special cases

53.Trade associations

53A.Club, association or similar institution

54.Sea and air transport undertakings

54A.Exemption of shipping profits

54B.Exemption of shipping profits

55.Partnerships generally

56.Successive partnerships

57.Provisions applicable where partnership is a partner in another partnership

58.Income receivable by partnership otherwise than from partnership business

59.Partnership losses

60.Insurance business

60A.Inward re-insurance: chargeable income, reduced rate and exempt dividend

60AA.Takaful business

60AB.Chargeable income of life fund subject to tax

60B.Offshore insurance: chargeable income, reduced rate and exempt dividend

60C.Banking business

60D.Banking business

60E.Banking business

60F.Investment holding company

*60FAInvestment holding company listed on Bursa Malaysia

60G.Foreign fund management company

60H.Closed-end fund company

60I.Company that establishes special purpose vehicle

61.Trusts generally

61A.Exemption of Real Estate Investment Trust or Property Trust Fund

62.Discretionary trusts

63.Trust annuities

63A.Special deduction for qualifying capital expenditure

63B.Special deduction for expenses

*63CSpecial treatment on rent from the letting of real property of a Real Estate Investment Trust or Property Trust Fund

63D.Income of a unit trust from the letting of real property is not income from a business

64.Estates under administration

65.Settlements

65A.Co-operative Societies

Part IV PERSONS CHARGEABLE

SECTION

66.Personal chargeability: general principle

67.Vicarious responsibility and chargeability

68.Power to appoint agent

69.Incapacitated persons

70.Non-residents

71.Masters of ships and captains of aircraft

72.Hindu joint families

73.Trustees

74.Executors

75.Companies and bodies of persons

75A.Director's liability

75B.Limited liability partnership and business trust

76.Rulers and Ruling Chiefs

Part V RETURNS

SECTION

77.Return of income by a person other than a company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society

77A.Return of income by every company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society

77B.Amendment of return

77C.Deduction of tax as final tax

78.Power to call for specific returns and production of books

79.Power to call for statement of bank accounts, etc.

80.Power of access to buildings and documents, etc.

81.Power to call for information

82.Duty to keep records and give receipts

82A.Duty to keep documents for ascertaining chargeable income and tax payable

83.Return by employer

83A.Duty to furnish particulars of payment made to an agent, etc

84.Return concerning persons other than the maker of the return

85.Return by occupiers

86.Return by partnership

87.Power to call for further return

88.Returns deemed to be made with due authority

89.Change of address

Part VI ASSESSMENTS AND APPEALS

Chapter 1--Assessments

SECTION

90.Assessments generally

91.Assessments and additional assessments in certain cases

91A.Deemed assessment on the amended return

92.Advance assessments

93.Form and making of assessments

94.Record of assessments

95.Discharge of double assessments

96.Notice of assessment

96A.Composite assessment

97.Finality of assessment

97A.Notification of non-chargeability

Part VI ASSESSMENTS AND APPEALS

Chapter 2--Appeals

SECTION

98.The Special Commissioners and the Clerk

99.Right of appeal

100.Extension of time for appeal

101.Review by Director General

102.Disposal of appeals

Part VII COLLECTION AND RECOVERY OF TAX

SECTION

103.Payment of tax

103A.Payment of tax

104.Recovery from persons leaving Malaysia

105.Refusal of customs clearance in certain cases

106.Recovery by suit

107.Deduction of tax from emoluments and pensions

107A.Deduction of tax from contract payment

107B.Payment by instalments

107C.Estimate of tax payable and payment by instalments for companies

108Non-deduction of tax from dividends

109.Deduction of tax from interest or royalty in certain cases

109A.Application of sections 109 and 110 to income derived by a public entertainer

109B.Deduction of tax from special classes of income in certain cases derived from Malaysia

109C.Deduction of tax from interest paid to a resident

109D.Deduction of tax on the distribution of income of a unit trust

109E.Deduction of tax on the distribution of income of a family fund, etc.

109F.Deduction of tax from gains or profits in certain cases derived from Malaysia

109G.Deduction of tax from income derived from withdrawal of contribution made to a private retirement scheme

109H.Appeal by the payer

110.Set-off for tax deducted

110A.Set-off for tax deducted

110B.Set-off for tax charged on actuarial surplus

111.Refund of over-payments

111A.Refund of over-payments

Part VIIA FUND FOR TAX REFUND

SECTION

111B.Establishment of Fund for Tax Refund

111C.Non applicability of section 14a of the Financial Procedure Act 1957

111D.Compensation for over-payment of tax

Part VIII OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

SECTION

112.Failure to furnish return or give notice of chargeability

113.Incorrect returns

114.Wilful evasion

115.Leaving Malaysia without payment of tax

116.Obstruction of officers

117.Breach of confidence

118.Offences by officials

119.Unauthorized collection

119A.Failure to keep records

120.Other offences

121.Additional provisions as to offences under sections 113, 115, 116, 118 and 120

122.Tax, etc., payable notwithstanding institution of proceedings

123.Tax, etc., payable notwithstanding institution of proceedings

124.Power to compound offences and abate or remit penalties

125.Recovery of penalties imposed under Part VIII

126.Jurisdiction of subordinate court

Part IX EXEMPTIONS, REMISSION AND OTHER RELIEF

SECTION

127.Exemptions from tax: general

127A.Cessation of exemption

128.Cessation of exemption

129.Remission of tax

129A.Other relief

130.Other relief

131.Relief in respect of error or mistake

132.Double taxation arrangements

132ATax information exchange arrangements

132BMutual administrative assistance arrangement

133.Unilateral relief from double taxation

Part IXA SPECIAL INCENTIVE RELIEF

SECTION

133A.Special incentive relief

Part X SUPPLEMENTAL

Chapter 1--Administration

SECTION

134.The Director General and his staff

135.Power of Minister to give directions to Director General

136.Delegation of Director General's functions

137.Identification of officials

138.Certain material to be treated as confidential

138A.Public ruling

Part X SUPPLEMENTAL

Chapter 1A -- Ruling

SECTION

138B.Advance ruling

138C.Advance Pricing Arrangement

Part X SUPPLEMENTAL

Chapter 2--Controlled companies and powers to protect the revenue in case of certain transactions

SECTION

139.Controlled companies

140.Power to disregard certain transactions

140A.Power to substitute the price and disallowance of interest on certain transactions

140B.Special provision applicable to loan or advances to director

141.Powers regarding certain transactions by non-residents

Part X SUPPLEMENTAL

Chapter 3--Miscellaneous

SECTION

142.Evidential provisions

142A.Admissibility of electronic record

143.Errors and defects in assessments, notices and other documents

144.Power to direct where returns, etc., are to be sent

145.Service of notices

146.Authentication of notices and other documents

147.Free postage

148.Provisions as to approvals and directions given by Minister or Director General

149.Annulment of rules and orders laid before the Dewan Rakyat

150.Power to approve pension or provident fund, scheme or society

151.Procedure for making refunds and repayments

152.Forms

152A.Electronic medium

*153Restriction on persons holding themselves out as tax agents, tax consultants, etc.

154.Power to make rules

154A.Power to enter into an agreement with regard to tax liability

155.Repeals

156.Transitional and saving provisions

Schedule 1

Schedule 2

Schedule 3

Schedule 4

Schedule 4A

Schedule 4B

Schedule 4C

Schedule 5

Schedule 6

Schedule 7

Schedule 7A

Schedule 7B

Schedule 8

Schedule 9

APPENDIX

An Act for the imposition of income tax.

Throughout Malaysia-- 28 September 1967

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/1.Short title and commencement

Part I PRELIMINARY

1. Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the Income Tax Act 1967.

(2) (Omitted).

(3) This Act shall have effect for the year of assessment 1968 and subsequent years of assessment.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53/2.Interpretation

2. Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires--

"adjusted income",

in relation to a source and a basis period, means adjusted income ascertained in accordance with this Act;

"adjusted loss",

in relation to a source and a basis period, means adjusted loss ascertained in accordance with this Act;

"aggregate income",

in relation to a person and a year of assessment, means aggregate income ascertained in accordance with this Act;

"amended return" means an amended return made in accordance with section 77B

"approved loan"

means--

(a) any loan or credit made to the Government, State Government (including any loan or credit made to a person other than the Government or State Government where the loan or credit is guaranteed by the Government or State Government), local authority or statutory body; or

(b) any loan or credit other than a loan or credit of the kind specified in paragraph (a), made to a person pursuant to an application received prior to 25 October 1996 where the amount of such loan or credit exceeds two hundred and fifty million ringgit, by a person pursuant to an application received prior to 25 October 1996 not resident in Malaysia:

Provided that--

(i) the loan or credit has been approved by the Minister of Finance; and

(ii) the loan or credit agreement was executed in Malaysia or where the loan or credit agreement with the prior approval of the Minister was executed outside Malaysia;

"approved operational headquarters company"

has the meaning assigned thereto by section 60E;

"approved scheme"

means the Employees Provident Fund , private retirement scheme or any pension or provident fund, scheme or society approved by the Director General under section 150;

"assessment"

means any assessment or additional assessment made under this Act;

"authorized officer"

means, within the scope of his authority--

(a) an officer authorized by subsections 136(1) to (4) to exercise any function of the Director General; or

(b) an officer authorized under subsection 136(5) to exercise or assist in exercising any such function;

"basis period",

in relation to a person, a source of his and a year of assessment, means such basis period, if any, as is ascertained in accordance with section 21 or 21A;

"basis year"

has the meaning assigned by section 20;

"body of persons"

means an unincorporated body of persons (not being a company), including a Hindu joint family but excluding a partnership;

"building"

includes any structure erected on land (not being plant or machinery);

"business"

includes profession, vocation and trade and every manufacture, adventure or concern in the nature of trade, but excludes employment;

"business trust"

has the same meaning assigned to it in the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 [Act 671];

"Central Bank"

means the Central Bank of Malaysia established under section 3 of the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 [Act 701];

"chargeable income"

in relation to a person and a year of assessment, means chargeable income ascertained in accordance with this Act;

"Clerk"

means the Clerk to the Special Commissioners;

"company"

means a body corporate and includes any body of persons established with a separate legal identity by or under the laws of a territory outside Malaysia and a business trust;

"composite assessment"

means a composite assessment made in accordance with section 96a;

"controlled company"

means a company having not more than fifty members and controlled, in the manner described by section 139, by not more than five persons;

"co-operative society"

means any co-operative society registered under any written law relating to the registration of co-operative societies in Malaysia;

"deferred annuity"

means deferred annuity contracted on or after 1 January 2014 issued by insurers licensed under the Financial Services Act 2013 [Act 758] or takaful operators registered under the Islamic Financial Services Act 2013 [Act 759], and contains the Retirement Saving Standards approved by the Central Bank;

"director",

in relation to a company, includes any person occupying the position of director (by whatever name called), any person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors are accustomed to act and any person who--

(a) is a manager of the company or otherwise concerned in the management of the company's business;

(b) is remunerated out of the funds of that business; and

(c) is, either on his own or with one or more associates within the meaning of subsection 139(7), the beneficial owner of (or able directly or through the medium of other companies or by any other indirect means to control) twenty per cent or more of the ordinary share capital of the company ("ordinary share capital" here meaning all the issued share capital of the company, by whatever name called, other than capital the holders whereof have a right to a dividend at a fixed rate but have no other right to share in the profits of the company);

"Director General"

means the Director General of Inland Revenue referred to in section 134;

"employee",

in relation to an employment, means--

(a) where the relationship of master and servant subsists, the servant;

(b) where that relationship does not subsist, the holder of the appointment or office which constitutes the employment;

"employer",

in relation to an employment, means--

(a) where the relationship of master and servant subsists, the master;

(b) where that relationship does not subsist, the person who pays or is responsible for paying any remuneration to the employee who has the employment, notwithstanding that that person and the employee may be the same person acting in different capacities;

"employment"

means--

(a) employment in which the relationship of master and servant subsists;

(b) any appointment or office, whether public or not and whether or not that relationship subsists, for which remuneration is payable;

"executor"

means the executor, administrator or other person administering or managing the estate of a deceased person;

"foreign tax"

means any tax on income (or any other tax of a substantially similar character) chargeable or imposed by or under the laws of a territory outside Malaysia and in relation to paragraph 132(4)(d) or section 132A includes other taxes of every kind imposed by or under the laws of that territory;

"Hindu joint family"

means what in any system of law prevailing in India is known as a Hindu joint family or coparcenary;

"husband who elects"

means the husband who is referred to in paragraph 45(2)(b);

"incapacitated person"

means a minor or a person adjudged under any law to be in a state of unsoundness of mind (however described);

"individual"

means a natural person;

"Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia"

means the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia established under the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia Act 1995 [Act 533];

"Labuan business activity"

has the meaning assinged to it in the Labuan Business Activity Tax Act 1990 [Act 445];

"Labuan company"

means a Labuan company incorporated under the Labuan Companies Act 1990 [Act 441] and includes a foreign Labuan company registered under that Act, Labuan limited partnership established and registerd under the Labuan Limited Partnerships and Limited Liablity Partnerships Act 2010 [Act 707], Labuan trust as defined in the Labuan Trusts Act 1996 [Act 554] and a Malaysian bank as defined in the Labuan Financial Services and Securities Act 2010 [Act 704];

"lease"

includes a sublease, a tenancy for three years or less and any agreement for a lease or sublease;

"limited liability partnership"

means a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2012 [Act 743];

"Malaysia"

means the territories of the Federation of Malaysia, the territorial waters of Malaysia and the sea-bed and subsoil of the territorial waters, and includes any area extending beyond the limits of the territorial waters of Malaysia, and the sea-bed and subsoil of any such area, which has been or may hereafter be designated under the laws of Malaysia as an area over which Malaysia has sovereign rights for the purposes of exploring and exploiting the natural resources, whether living or non-living;

"market value",

in relation to any thing, means the price which that thing would fetch if sold in a transaction between independent persons dealing at arm's length;

"Minister"

means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for finance;

"partnership"

means an association of any kind (including joint adventures, syndicates and cases where a party to the association is itself a partnership) between parties who have agreed to combine any of their rights, powers, property, labour or skill for the purpose of carrying on a business and sharing the profits therefrom, but excludes a Hindu joint family although such a family may be a partner in a partnership, a limited liability partnership and any association which is established pursuant to a scheme of financing in accordance with the principles of Syariah;

"permanent total disablement"

has the same meaning assigned to it in the Employees' Social Security Act 1969 [Act 4];

"person"

includes a company, a body of persons, a limited liability partnership and a corporation sole;

"premises"

means a building (or, where a building is divided into separate parts used or capable of being used as separate residential flats or otherwise as separate tenements, any one of those parts) and includes--

(a) any other building or part of a building used or intended to be used in conjunction therewith as domestic offices or for some other ancillary purpose; and

(b) any land attached thereto for use by way of amenity as garden or grounds;

"prescribed"

means prescribed by rules made under section 154 or, in relation to a form other than the form mentioned in subsection 138(1), prescribed under section 152;

"private retirement scheme"

means a retirement scheme approved by the Securities Commission in accordance with the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 [Act 671];

"public entertainer"

means a stage, radio or television artiste, a musician, sportsperson or an individual exercising any profession, vocation or employment of a similar nature;

"rent"

includes any sum paid for the use or occupation of any premises or part thereof or for the hire of any thing;

"resident"

means resident in Malaysia for the basis year for a year of assessment by virtue of section 7 or 8;

"royalty"

includes--

(a) any sums paid as consideration for the use of, or the right to use--

(i) copyrights, artistic or scientific works, patents, designs or models, plans, secret processes or formulae, trademarks or tapes for radio or television broadcasting, motion picture films, films or video tapes or other means of reproduction where such films or tapes have been or are to be used or reproduced in Malaysia or other like property or rights;

(ii) know-how or information concerning technical, industrial, commercial or scientific knowledge, experience or skill;

(b) income derived from the alienation of any property, know-how or information mentioned in paragraph (a) of this definition;

(c)-(d) (Deleted by Act 293);

"Securities Commission"

means the Securities Commission established under section 3 of the Securities Commission Act 1993 [Act 498];

"serious disease"

means acquired immunity deficiency syndrome, Parkinson's disease, cancer, renal failure, leukaemia or other similar diseases;

"service director",

in relation to a company, means a director (not being a person to whom, together with his associates within the meaning of subsection 139(7), if any, there would be distributed, on the distribution of a dividend by the company, more than five per cent of the dividend) who is employed in the service of the company in a managerial or technical capacity, and is not, either on his own or with any associate within that meaning, the beneficial owner of (or able directly or through the medium of other companies or by any other indirect means to control) more than five per cent of the ordinary share capital of the company ("ordinary share capital" here having the same meaning as in the definition of "director" in this subsection);

"share",

in relation to a company, includes stock other than debenture stock;

"source"

means a source of income;

"Special Commissioners"

means the Special Commissioners of Income Tax referred to in section 98;

"statutory authority"

means any authority or body established by or under a written law (not being an authority or body established under the Companies Act 1965 [Act 125], or any written law of a corresponding kind in force before the commencement of that Act in any place comprised in Malaysia on 1 January 1968) to discharge any functions of a public nature, including the provision of public utility and similar services;

"statutory income",

in relation to a person, a source and a year of assessment, means statutory income ascertained in accordance with this Act;

"statutory order"

means an order having legislative effect;

"stock in trade",

in relation to a business, means property of any description, whether movable or immovable, being either--

(a) property such as is sold in the ordinary course of the business or would be so sold if it were mature or if its manufacture, preparation or construction were complete; or

(b) materials such as are used in the manufacture, preparation or construction of any such property as is referred to in paragraph (a) of this definition, and includes any work in progress;

"tax"

means the tax imposed by this Act;

"total income",

in relation to a person and a year of assessment, means total income ascertained in accordance with this Act;

"treasury share"

means a share of a company that was previously issued but was repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by such company and not cancelled;

"trust body",

in relation to a trust, means the trust body provided for by section 61;

"wife"

means a woman who (whether or not she has gone through any religious or other ceremony) is regarded by virtue of any law or custom as the wife of a man or as one of his wives;

"wife who elects"

means the wife who is referred to in paragraph 45(2)(a);

"year of assessment",

subject to subsection (5), means calendar year.

(2) Any reference in this Act to income shall, if the income is not described as being income of a particular kind, be construed as a reference to income generally or to gross, adjusted, statutory, aggregate, total or chargeable income as the context and circumstances may require.

(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, "payable for" and "receivable for", when used in this Act with reference to a period, mean payable or receivable, as the case may be, for that period or any part thereof.

(4) Where--

(a) two or more companies are related within the meaning of section 6 of the Companies Act 1965;

(b) a company is so related to another company which is itself so related to a third company;

(c) the same persons hold more than fifty per cent of the shares in each of two or more companies; or

(d) each of two or more companies is so related to at least one of two or more companies to which paragraph (c) applies, all the companies in question are in the same group for the purposes of this Act.

(5) References in this Act to a year or years of assessment shall be construed (except where Schedule 9 provides otherwise) as references to a year or years of assessment in relation to which this Act has effect by virtue of subsection 1(3).

(6) For the purposes of this Act--

(a) the reference to tax in paragraph 79(e) shall be deemed to include a reference to any tax imposed by any of the repealed laws ("repealed laws" in this subsection having the same meaning as in Schedule 9);

(b) the reference to this Act in section 81, paragraph 116(c) and section 153 shall be deemed to include references to each of the repealed laws; and

(c) the reference to functions under this Act in paragraph 116(b) shall be deemed to include a reference to functions under any of the repealed laws exercised by virtue of this Act.

(7) Any reference in this Act to interest shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to gains or profits received and expenses incurred, in lieu of interest, in transactions conducted in accordance with the Syariah.

(8) Subject to subsection (7), any reference in this Act to the disposal of an asset or a lease shall exclude any disposal of an asset or lease by or to a person pursuant to a scheme of financing approved by the Central Bank, the Securities Commission , the Labuan Financial Services Authority or the Malaysia Co-operative Societies Commission, as a scheme which is in accordance with the principles of Syariah where such disposal is strictly required for the purpose of complying with those principles but which will not be required in any other schemes of financing.

(9) Any reference in subsection 107C(4A), paragraph 2A of Schedule 1 and paragraph 19A of Schedule 3 to a company which has a paid-up capital in respect of ordinary shares of two million five hundred thousand ringgit and less at the beginning of the basis period for a year of assessment shall exclude a business trust and a company which is established for the issuance of asset-backed securities in a securitization transaction approved by the Securities Commission.

(10) Any reference in this Act to --

(a) "Labuan Offshore Business Activity Tax Act 1990" is construed as reference to "Labuan Business Activity Tax Act 1990";

(b) "Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority" is construed as reference to "Labuan Financial Services Authority";

(c) "offshore business activity" is construed as reference to "Labuan business activity";

(d) "Offshore Companies Act 1990" is construed as reference to "Labuan Companies Act 1990";

(e) "offshore company" is construed as reference to "Labuan company".

(11) In relation to a business trust, any reference in this Act to shares or ordinary share capital, shareholders and dividend shall be read as including a reference to units or derivatives of units, unit holders and distributions, respectively.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/3.Charge of income tax

Part II IMPOSITION AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TAX

3. Charge of income tax

Subject to and in accordance with this Act, a tax to be known as income tax shall be charged for each year of assessment upon the income of any person accruing in or derived from Malaysia or received in Malaysia from outside Malaysia.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/3A.Charge of income tax

3A. Charge of income tax

(Deleted by Act 451).

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/3B.Non-chargeability to tax in respect of offshore business activity

3B. Non-chargeability to tax in respect of offshore business activity

Notwithstanding section 3, tax shall not be charged under this Act on income in respect of an offshore business activity carried on by an offshore company, other than an offshore company (in this Act referred to as "chargeable offshore company"), which has made an election under section 3A of the Labuan Offshore Business Activity Tax Act 1990.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/3C.Non-chargeability to tax in respect of offshore business activity

3C. Non-chargeability to tax in respect of offshore business activity

(Deleted by Act 578).

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53/4A.Special classes of income on which tax is chargeable

4A. Special classes of income on which tax is chargeable

Notwithstanding section 4 and subject to this Act, the income of a person not resident in Malaysia for the basis year for a year of assessment in respect of--

(i) amounts paid in consideration of services rendered by the person or his employee in connection with the use of property or rights belonging to, or the installation or operation of any plant, machinery or other apparatus purchased from, such persons;

(ii) amounts paid in consideration of technical advice, assistance or services rendered in connection with technical management or administration of any scientific, industrial or commercial undertaking, venture, project or scheme; or

(iii) rent or other payments made under any agreement or arrangement for the use of any moveable property, which is derived from Malaysia is chargeable to tax under this Act.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/4A.Special classes of income on which tax is chargeable

4A. Special classes of income on which tax is chargeable

Notwithstanding section 4 and subject to this Act, the income of a person not resident in Malaysia for the basis year for a year of assessment in respect of--

(i) amounts paid in consideration of services rendered by the person or his employee in connection with the use of property or rights belonging to, or the installation or operation of any plant, machinery or other apparatus purchased from, such persons;

(ii) amounts paid in consideration of technical advice, assistance or services rendered in connection with technical management or administration of any scientific, industrial or commercial undertaking, venture, project or scheme; or

(iii) rent or other payments made under any agreement or arrangement for the use of any moveable property, which is derived from Malaysia is chargeable to tax under this Act.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/4B.Non-business income

4B. Non-business income

For the purpose of section 4, gains or profit from a business shall not include any interest that first becomes receivable by a person in the basis period for a year of assessment other than interest where subsection 24(5) applies.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/4C.Gains or profits from a business arising from stock in trade parted with by any element of compulsion

4C. Gains or profits from a business arising from stock in trade parted with by any element of compulsion

For the purpose of paragraph 4(a), gains or profits from a business shall include an amount receivable arising from stock in trade parted with by any element of compulsion including on requisition or compulsory acquisition or in a similar manner.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53/5.Manner in which chargeable income is to be ascertained

5. Manner in which chargeable income is to be ascertained

(1) Subject to this Act, the chargeable income of a person upon which tax is chargeable for a year of assessment shall be ascertained in the following manner:

(a) first, the basis period for each of his sources for that year shall be ascertained in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part III;

(b) next, his gross income from each source for the basis period for that year shall be ascertained in accordance with Chapter 3 of that Part;

(c) next, his adjusted income from each source (or, in the case of a source consisting of a business, his adjusted income or adjusted loss from that source) for the basis period for that year shall be ascertained in accordance with Chapter 4 of that Part;

(d) next, his statutory income from each source for that year shall be ascertained in accordance with Chapter 5 of that Part;

(e) next, his aggregate income for that year and his total income for that year shall be ascertained in accordance with Chapter 6 of that Part; and

(f) next, his chargeable income for that year shall be ascertained in accordance with Chapter 7 of that Part.

(1A) For the purpose of ascertaining the chargeable income of a person under subsection (1), any amount or income received by that person which is subject to deduction of tax under section 109C, 109E or 109G shall be excluded.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, any income of a person from any source or sources, and any adjusted loss of a person from any source or sources consisting of a business, may be ascertained for any period (including a year of assessment) notwithstanding that--

(a) the person in question may have ceased to possess that source or any of those sources prior to that period; or

(b) in that period that source or any of those sources may have ceased to produce gross income or may not have produced any gross income.

(3)-(4) (Deleted by Act 337).

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/6.Rates of tax

6. Rates of tax

(1)(a) Except where this subsection provides otherwise and subject to section 6A, income tax shall be charged for each year of assessment upon the chargeable income of every person for that year at the appropriate rate as specified in Part I of Schedule 1;

(b) subject to section 109 but notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, where--

(i) the income of a person not resident in Malaysia for the basis year for a year of assessment consists of interest (other than interest on an approved loan or interest of the kind referred to in paragraph 33 of Part 1, Schedule 6) or royalty derived from Malaysia; or

(ii) the income of a person (other than a company) not resident in Malaysia for the basis year for a year of assessment consists of remuneration or other income in respect of services performed or rendered in Malaysia by a public entertainer, income tax thereon shall be charged at the appropriate rate as specified in Part II of Schedule 1;

(c) (Deleted by Act 451);

(d) income tax shall be charged for each year of assessment upon the chargeable income of every co-operative society for that year at the appropriate rate as specified in Part IV of Schedule 1;

(e) subject to section 109B but notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, income tax shall be charged for each year of assessment upon the income of a person charged under section 4A at the appropriate rate as specified under Part V of Schedule 1;

(f) subject to section 109C but notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, income tax shall be charged for each year of assessment upon the income of an individual resident in Malaysia which consists of interest (other than interest exempt from tax under this Act or any order made thereto) accruing in or derived from Malaysia and received from a person referred to in subsection 109C(4) at the appropriate rate as specified under Part VI of Schedule 1;

(g) (Deleted by Act 624);

(h) income tax shall be charged for each year of assessment upon the chargeable income of a foreign fund management company in relation to the source consisting of the provision of fund management services to foreign investors for that year at the appropriate rate as specified in Part IX of Schedule 1;

(i) subject to section 109D but notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, income tax shall be charged for each year of assessment upon the income of a unit holder other than a unit holder which is a resident company which consists of income distributed by the unit trust referred to in section 61A at the appropriate rate as specified under Part X of Schedule 1 provided that the rates specified under such Part shall apply, in respect of subparagraphs (a) and (c) of that Part for a period of five years from the year of assessment 2012 and in respect of subparagraph (b) of that Part for a period of five years commencing from the year of assessment 2007;

(j) subject to the provision of section 109E but notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, income tax shall be charged for each year of assessment upon the income of a participant, other than a participant which is a resident company, which consists of profits distributed or credited by an operator referred to in section 60AA at the appropriate rate as specified under Part XI of Schedule 1;

(k) subject to section 109F but notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, income tax shall be charged for each year of assessment upon the income of a non-resident person charged under paragraph 4(f) at the appropriate rate as specifed under Part XIII of Schedule 1;

(l) subject to section 109G but notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, income tax shall be charged for a year of assessment upon the income of an individual consisting of the total amount received in respect of withdrawal from a deferred annuity or a private retirement scheme where such withdrawal is made by that individual before reaching the age of fifty-five (other than by reason of permanent total disablement, serious disease, mental disability, death or permanently leaving Malaysia) at the appropriate rate as specified under Part XVI of Schedule 1.

(2) The Minister, where he is satisfied that it is the intention of the Government to promote the introduction into the Dewan Rakyat of a Bill to vary in any particular way the rates of tax, may by statutory order declare those rates to be varied in that way; and, where he does so, then, subject to subsections (3) and (4), this Act shall have effect as if those rates as so varied had come into force at the beginning of the first year of assessment for which the Bill seeks to vary those rates.

(3) Every order made under subsection (2) shall be laid before the Dewan Rakyat as soon as may be after it has been made and shall cease to have effect--

(a) at the expiration of a period of three months (or such longer period as may be specified by resolution of the Dewan Rakyat) beginning on the date when the order was made; or

(b) on the coming into force (after the date when the order was made) of an Act varying the rates of tax, whichever first occurs.

(4) Where an order made under subsection (2) ceases to have effect pursuant to subsection (3)--

(a) the amount of any tax which--

(i) has been charged by any assessment by reference to the order; and

(ii) is payable (whether or not it is due or due and payable) but not paid at the date when the order ceases to have effect, shall be taken to be amended to the amount which would have been payable if the order had not been made; and

(b) so much of any tax paid by any person in consequence of the order as exceeds the tax payable under the law in force immediately after the date when the order ceases to have effect shall be repaid by the Director General if that person--

(i) makes a claim therefor in the prescribed form within one year after that date; and

(ii) furnishes to the Director General such further particulars of the claim as the Director General may require.

(5) In subsections (2) and (3) any reference to rates of tax includes a reference to the rate of any abatement specified under Schedule 1.

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6A. Tax rebate

(1) Subject to this section, income tax charged for each year of assessment upon the chargeable income of every individual resident for the basis year for that year shall be rebated for that year of assessment in accordance with subsections (2) and (3) before any set off is made under section 110 and any credit is allowed under section 132 or 133.

(2) A rebate shall be granted for a year of assessment in the following amounts:

(a) four hundred ringgit in the case of an individual who has been allowed a deduction under paragraph 46(1)(a) for that year of assessment where his chargeable income for that year of assessment does not exceed thirty-five thousand ringgit;

(b) four hundred ringgit in the case of an individual who has been allowed a deduction under subsection 47(1) or (2) for that year of assessment where his chargeable income for that year of assessment does not exceed thirty-five thousand ringgit;

(c) four hundred ringgit in the case of a wife who has been allowed a deduction under section 45A for that year of assessment where her chargeable income for that year of assessment does not exceed thirty-five thousand ringgit:

Provided that where Part XIV or XV of Schedule 1 applies, thirty-five thousand ringgit shall consist of chargeable income of that individual from all sources.

(3) A rebate shall be granted for a year of assessment for any zakat, fitrah or any other Islamic religious dues payment of which is obligatory and which are paid in the basis year for that year of assessment to, and evidenced by a receipt issued by, an appropriate religious authority established under any written law.

(3A) (Deleted by Act 661).

(4) Where the total amount of the rebate under subsections (2) and (3) exceeds the income tax charged (before any such rebate) for any year of assessment, the excess shall not be paid to the individual or available as a credit to set off his tax liability for that year of assessment or any subsequent year.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/6B.Tax rebate

6B. Tax rebate

(Deleted by Act 661).

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/6C.Tax rebate on fees

6C. Tax rebate on fees

(Deleted by Act 719).

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/7.Residence: individuals

7. Residence: individuals

(1) For the purposes of this Act, an individual is resident in Malaysia for the basis year for a particular year of assessment if--

(a) he is in Malaysia in that basis year for a period or periods amounting in all to one hundred and eighty-two days or more;

(b) he is in Malaysia in that basis year for a period of less than one hundred and eighty-two days and that period is linked by or to another period of one hundred and eighty-two or more consecutive days (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as such period) throughout which he is in Malaysia in the basis year for the year of assessment immediately preceding that particular year of assessment or in that basis year for the year of assessment immediately following that particular year of assessment:

Provided that any temporary absence from Malaysia--

(i) connected with his service in Malaysia and owing to service matters or attending conferences or seminars or study abroad;

(ii) owing to ill-health involving himself or a member of his immediate family; and

(iii) in respect of social visits not exceeding fourteen days in the aggregate, shall be taken to form part of such period or that period, as the case may be, if he is in Malaysia immediately prior to and after that temporary absence;

(c) he is in Malaysia in that basis year for a period or periods amounting in all to ninety days or more, having been with respect to each of any three of the basis years for the four years of assessment immediately preceding that particular year of assessment either--

(i) resident in Malaysia within the meaning of this Act for the basis year in question; or

(ii) in Malaysia for a period or periods amounting in all to ninety days or more in the basis year in question; or

(d) he is resident in Malaysia within the meaning of this Act for the basis year for the year of assessment following that particular year of assessment, having been so resident for each of the basis years for the three years of assessment immediately preceding that particular year of assessment.

(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1), an individual shall be deemed to be in Malaysia for a day if he is present in Malaysia for part of that day and in ascertaining the period for which he is in Malaysia during any year, any day (within paragraphs 1(a) and (c) ) for which he is in Malaysia shall be taken into account whether or not that day forms part of a continuous period of days during which he is in Malaysia.

(1B) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where a person who is a citizen and--

(a) is employed in the public services or service of a statutory authority; and

(b) is not in Malaysia at any day in the basis year for that particular year of assessment by reason of--

(i) having and exercising his employment outside Malaysia; or

(ii) attending any course of study in any institution or professional body outside Malaysia which is fully-sponsored by the employer, he is deemed to be a resident for the basis year for that particular year of assessment and for any subsequent basis years when he is not in Malaysia.

(2) (Deleted by Act A226).

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/8.Residence: companies and bodies of persons

8. Residence: companies and bodies of persons

(1) For the purposes of this Act--

(a) a Hindu joint family is resident in Malaysia for the basis year for a year of assessment if its manager or karta is resident for that basis year;

(b) a company or a body of persons (not being a Hindu joint family) carrying on a business is resident in Malaysia for the basis year for a year of assessment if at any time during that basis year the management and control of its business or of any one of its businesses, as the case may be, are exercised in Malaysia; and

(c) any other company or body of persons (not being a Hindu joint family) is resident in Malaysia for the basis year for a year of assessment if at any time during that basis year the management and control of its affairs are exercised in Malaysia by its directors or other controlling authority.

(1A) Notwithstanding subsection (1), for the purposes of this Act--

(a) a limited liability partnership carrying on a business is resident in Malaysia for the basis year for a year of assessment if at any time during that basis year the management and control of its business or of any one of its businesses, as the case may be, are exercised in Malaysia;

(b) any other limited liability partnership is resident in Malaysia for the basis year for a year of assessment if at any time during that basis year the management and control of its affairs are exercised in Malaysia by its partners;

(c) a business trust is resident in Malaysia for the basis year for a year of assessment if the trustee manager of that business trust is resident in Malaysia and a trustee manager of a business trust is resident for the basis year for a year of assessment if--

(i) the trustee manager in his capacity as such carries on such business trust in Malaysia; and

(ii) the management and control of the business of such business trust is exercised in Malaysia.

(2) If it is shown that it has been established as between the Director General and a company or body of persons for any tax purpose that the company, limited liability partnership, business trust or body was resident in Malaysia for the basis year for any year of assessment, it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that the company or body was resident in Malaysia for the purposes of this Act for the basis year for every subsequent year of assessment.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/9. Residence: companies and bodies of persons

9. Residence: companies and bodies of persons

(Deleted by Act A226).

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/10. Residence: companies and bodies of persons

10. Residence: companies and bodies of persons

(Deleted by Act A226).

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/11.Residence: companies and bodies of persons

11. Residence: companies and bodies of persons

(Deleted by Act 624).

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/12.Derivation of business income in certain cases

12. Derivation of business income in certain cases

(1) Where for the purposes of this Act it is necessary to ascertain any gross income of a person derived from Malaysia from a business of his, then--

(a) subject to subsection (2), so much of the gross income from the business as is not attributable to operations of the business carried on outside Malaysia shall be deemed to be derived from Malaysia;

(b) notwithstanding paragraph (a), if the business consists wholly or partly of the manufacturing, growing, mining, producing or harvesting in Malaysia of any article, product, produce or other thing--

(i) the gross income from any sale of the article, product, produce or other thing taking place outside Malaysia in the course of carrying on the business; or

(ii) where the article, product, produce or other thing is exported in the course of carrying on the business and subparagraph (i) does not apply, an amount equal to the market value of the article, produce, product or other thing at the time of its export, shall be deemed to be gross income of that person derived from Malaysia from the business.

(2) Where in the case of a business to which paragraph (1)(a) applies--

(a) the business or a part thereof is carried on in Malaysia;

(b) any of the gross income of the business (from wherever derived) consists of a dividend or interest to which subsection 24(4) or (5) applies; and

(c) the dividend or interest relates either--

(i) to a share, debenture, mortgage or other source which forms or has formed part of the stock in trade of the business or, where only part of the business is carried on in Malaysia, of that part of the business; or

(ii) to a loan of the kind mentioned in subsection 24(5) granted in the course of carrying on the business or that part of the business, as the case may be, so much of that gross income as consists of that dividend or interest shall be deemed to be derived from Malaysia.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/13.General provisions as to employment income

13. General provisions as to employment income

(1) Gross income of an employee in respect of gains or profits from an employment includes--

(a) any wages, salary, remuneration, leave pay, fee, commission, bonus, gratuity, perquisite or allowance (whether in money or otherwise) in respect of having or exercising the employment;

(b) an amount equal to the value of the use or enjoyment by the employee of any benefit or amenity (not being a benefit or amenity convertible into money) provided for the employee by or on behalf of his employer, excluding--

(i) a benefit or amenity consisting of medical or dental treatment or a benefit for child care;

(ii) a benefit or amenity consisting of--

(A) leave passages including meals and accommodation for travel within Malaysia not exceeding three times in any calendar year; or

(B) one leave passage for travel between Malaysia and any place outside Malaysia in any calendar year, limited to a maximum of three thousand ringgit:

Provided that the benefit or amenity enjoyed under this subparagraph is confined only to the employee and members of his immediate family;

(iii) a benefit or amenity used by the employee solely in connection with the performance of his duties; and

(iv) a benefit or amenity falling under paragraph (c);

(c) an amount in respect of the use or enjoyment by the employee of living accommodation in Malaysia (including living accommodation in premises occupied by his employer) provided for the employee by or on behalf of the employer rent free or otherwise;

(d) so much of any amount (other than a pension, annuity or periodical payment falling under paragraph 4(e)) received by the employee, whether before or after his employment ceases, from a pension or provident fund, scheme or society not approved for the purpose of this Act as would not have been so received if his employer had not made contributions in respect of the employee to the fund, scheme or society or its trustees; and

(e) any amount received by the employee, whether before or after his employment ceases, by way of compensation for loss of the employment, including any amount in respect of--

(i) a covenant entered into by the employee restricting his right after leaving the employment to engage in employment of a similar kind; or

(ii) any agreement or arrangement having the like effect.

(2) Gross income in respect of gains or profits from an employment--

(a) for any period during which the employment is exercised in Malaysia;

(b) for any period of leave attributable to the exercise of the employment in Malaysia;

(c) for any period during which the employee performs outside Malaysia duties incidental to the exercise of the employment in Malaysia;

(d) for any period during which a person is a director of a company and that company is resident in Malaysia for the basis year for a year of assessment and within that basis year that period or part of that period falls; or

(e) for any period during which the employment is exercised aboard a ship or aircraft used in a business operated by a person who is resident in Malaysia for the basis year for a year of assessment and within that basis year that period or part of that period falls, shall be deemed to be derived from Malaysia.

(3) Gross income in respect of gains or profits from an employment in the public services or the service of a statutory authority--

(a) for any period during which the employment is exercised outside Malaysia; or

(b) for any period of leave attributable to the exercise of the employment outside Malaysia, shall be deemed to be derived from Malaysia if the employee is a citizen.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) a benefit, amenity or living accommodation provided for an employee as therein mentioned shall be deemed to be used or enjoyed by the employee if it is used or enjoyed by his spouse, family, servants, dependants or guests.

(5) Any question whether any gross income is gross income for a period mentioned in subsection (2) shall be decided by applying the appropriate provisions of Chapter 3 of Part III as if that period were the basis period for a year of assessment.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/13A.General provisions as to employment income

13A. General provisions as to employment income

(Deleted by Act 293).

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/14.General provisions as to dividend income

14. General provisions as to dividend income

(1) Subject to this section, where a company resident for the basis year for a year of assessment pays, credits or distributes a dividend in the basis period for that year of assessment, the dividend shall be deemed to be derived from Malaysia.

(2) Where a company resident for the basis year for a year of assessment was not resident for the basis year for the year of assessment immediately preceding that year of assessment, only dividends paid, credited, or distributed by the company on or after the day on which the management and control of any business of the company (or, in the case of a company which does not carry on a business, the management and control of its affairs by its directors or other controlling authority) were first exercised in Malaysia in that first-mentioned basis year shall be deemed to be derived from Malaysia.

(3) Where-

(a) the management and control of the business of a company (or, if it has more than one business, of all its businesses); or

(b) in the case of a company which does not carry on a business, the management and control of its affairs by its directors or other controlling authority, cease to be exercised in Malaysia in the basis year for a year of assessment and the company is not resident for the basis year for the year of assessment following that first-mentioned year of assessment, dividends paid, credited or distributed in that first-mentioned basis year after the cessation shall not be deemed to be derived from Malaysia.

(4) Where a dividend consists of property other than money, that dividend shall be taken to consist of an amount equal to the market value of the property at the time of the distribution of the dividend.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53/15A.Derivation of special classes of income in certain cases

15A. Derivation of special classes of income in certain cases

Gross income in respect of--

(a) amounts paid in consideration of services rendered by a person or his employee in connection with the use of property or rights belonging to, or the installation or operation of any plant, machinery or other apparatus purchased from, such person;

(b) amounts paid in consideration of technical advice, assistance or services rendered in connection with technical management or administration of any scientific, industrial or commercial undertaking, venture, project or scheme;

(c) rent or other payments made under any agreement or arrangement for the use of any moveable property, shall be deemed to be derived from Malaysia--

(i) if responsibility for payment of the above or other payments lies with the Government, a State Government or a local authority;

(ii) if responsibility for the payment of the above or other payments lies with a person who is a resident for that basis year; or

(iii) if the payment of the above or other payments is charged as an outgoing or expense in the accounts of a business carried on in Malaysia:

Provided that in respect of paragraphs (a) and (b) , this section shall apply to the amount attributable to services which are performed in Malaysia.

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15A. Derivation of special classes of income in certain cases

Gross income in respect of--

(a) amounts paid in consideration of services rendered by a person or his employee in connection with the use of property or rights belonging to, or the installation or operation of any plant, machinery or other apparatus purchased from, such person;

(b) amounts paid in consideration of technical advice, assistance or services rendered in connection with technical management or administration of any scientific, industrial or commercial undertaking, venture, project or scheme;

(c) rent or other payments made under any agreement or arrangement for the use of any moveable property, shall be deemed to be derived from Malaysia--

(i) if responsibility for payment of the above or other payments lies with the Government, a State Government or a local authority;

(ii) if responsibility for the payment of the above or other payments lies with a person who is a resident for that basis year; or

(iii) if the payment of the above or other payments is charged as an outgoing or expense in the accounts of a business carried on in Malaysia:

Provided that in respect of paragraphs (a) and (b) , this section shall apply to the amount attributable to services which are performed in Malaysia.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/15B.Derivation of gains or profits in certain cases

15B. Derivation of gains or profits in certain cases

Gross income in respect of gains or profits to which paragraph 4(f) applies shall be deemed to be derived from Malaysia--

(a) if responsibility for the payment of such gains or profits lies with the Government, a State Government or a local authority;

(b) if responsibility for the payment of such gains or profits lies with a person who is a resident for that basis year; or

(c) if the payment of such gains or profits is charged as an outgoing or expense in the accounts of a business carried on in Malaysia.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/16.Voluntary pensions, etc.

16. Voluntary pensions, etc.

Where any pension or other periodical payment is paid voluntarily to any person who has permanently ceased to exercise an employment (or to that person's widow or widower, child, relative or dependant) by his former employer or the successor of his former employer, there shall be deemed to be a source of that person or of that person's widow or widower, child, relative or dependant, as the case may be, in respect of that pension or payment and that pension or payment shall be deemed to be gross income from that source chargeable to tax.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/17.Derivation of pensions, etc.

17. Derivation of pensions, etc.

(1) Gross income in respect of a pension from the Government or a State Government shall be deemed to be derived from Malaysia.

(2) Where--

(a) a person has a right to a pension or other like payment--

(i) from a pension fund or a fund of a similar kind;

(ii) under a pension scheme or a scheme of a similar kind; or

(iii) by virtue of his membership of a pension society or a society of a similar kind; and

(b) the forum of the administration of the fund, scheme or society is in Malaysia at any time in the basis year for a year of assessment, the gross income for the basis period for that year of assessment in respect of the pension or other like payment shall be deemed to be derived from Malaysia.

(3) The gross income for the basis period for a year of assessment from any source of the kind mentioned in section 16 or in respect of a pension or other periodical payment to which paragraph 4(e) applies shall be deemed to be derived from Malaysia if the person paying that income was resident for the basis year for that year of assessment:

Provided that this subsection shall not apply to a pension or other payment to which subsection (1) or (2) applies.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/18.Interpretation of Part III

Part III ASCERTAINMENT OF CHARGEABLE INCOME

Chapter 1--Preliminary

18. Interpretation of Part III

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires--

"agriculture"

means any form of cultivation of crops, animal farming, aquaculture, inland fishing and any other agricultural or pastoral pursuit;

"cargo"

includes mail, currency, specie, livestock and all kinds of goods;

"crops"

includes any form of vegetable produce;

"defined value",

in relation to living accommodation provided for an employee by or on behalf of his employer, means--

(a) where the accommodation is not affected by any written law providing for the restriction or control of rents and the person so providing the accommodation holds the accommodation on lease the rent which is or would have been paid if the accommodation is or had been unfurnished and the lessor and lessee were independent persons dealing at arm's length;

(b) in any other case, the rateable value or, in the absence of a rateable value, the economic rent;

"disabled person"

means any individual certified in writing by the Department of Social Welfare to be a disabled person;

"economic rent",

in relation to any premises or part of any premises, means the rent at which those premises or that part might reasonably be expected to be let if--

(a) the lessor covenanted to pay the cost of fire insurance, public rates and work of repair and maintenance (being work which would normally be included in a covenant to repair and maintain if such a covenant were entered into by a lessor dealing at arm's length); and

(b) any written law providing for the restriction or control of rents were disregarded;

"entertainment"

includes--

(a) the provision of food, drink, recreation or hospitality of any kind; or

(b) the provision of accommodation or travel in connection with or for the purpose of facilitating entertainment of the kind mentioned in paragraph (a), by a person or an employee of his, with or without any consideration paid whether in cash or in kind, in promoting or in connection with a trade or business carried on by that person;

"farm"

means any land used for the purposes of agriculture;

"furniture"

includes air-conditioning equipment and any fixture which, if it were not a fixture, would be regarded as furniture;

"insurance"

includes a takaful scheme pursuant to the Takaful Act 1984 [Act 312];

"licensed Malaysian offshore bank"

has the meaning assigned to it by the Labuan Offshore Business Activity Tax Act 1990 [Act 445];

"mine"

means a source of minerals over which mining operations are, have been or may lawfully be carried on;

"minerals"

means minerals and mineral substances (other than mineral oils), and includes precious metals, precious stones and non-precious minerals, but does not include common clay (other than kaolin or bentonite), sand, sandstone or any sodium compound or any other similar common mineral substance obtainable without underground mining operations and not containing any precious metal or precious stones in economically workable quantities;

"mining operations"

includes every method or process by which minerals are won or obtained;

"payroll tax"

means any tax of that name imposed by a written law;

"premiums",

in relation to insurance, includes contributions or instalments payable under a takaful scheme pursuant to the Takaful Act 1984;

"rateable value",

in relation to premises, means the annual value as determined for rating purposes by the local rating authority, if any;

"replanting"

means the replacement of the crop of any product on any area of land by taking such action as is calculated to produce on the same area a crop of the same product and includes reafforestation of timber;

"turnover tax"

means any tax of that name imposed by a written law.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/19.Supplementary provisions for the interpretation of Part III

19. Supplementary provisions for the interpretation of Part III

(1) A period overlaps another period for the purposes of this Part if--

(a) it begins before and ends in or at the same time as or after that other period; or

(b) it begins at the same time as or during that other period and ends after that other period.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, an individual and a wife of his shall be treated as living together unless--

(a) they are separated under an order of a court or under a deed of separation or a written agreement for separation; or

(b) they are in fact separated in such circumstances that the separation is likely to be permanent.

(3) Where--

(a) it is necessary for the purposes of Chapter 4 to ascertain the amount of any interest, rent or any payment of any other kind which is payable for the basis period (or for a part of the basis period) for a year of assessment; and

(b) the period for which the interest, rent or payment is payable (in this subsection referred to as the relevant period) overlaps that basis period, the interest, rent or payment shall be taken to accrue evenly over the relevant period, and so much of the interest, rent or payment as is thus found to accrue during the period of the overlap shall be taken to be the amount of the interest, rent or payment which is payable for that basis period or that part of that basis period, as the case may be.

(4) In this Part a reference to--

(a) gross income or any other item receivable; or

(b) rent or any other sum payable, is a reference to any gross income, other item, rent or other sum, as the case may be, which is payable to the recipient, whether or not it is due or due and payable.

(5) Any reference to this Part in section 18 or this section includes a reference to Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 4B.

(6) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that, where a person who is a partner in a partnership is not in fact personally engaged in carrying on the business of that partnership, nothing in section 55, 56 or 57 shall cause that partner to be treated as being personally engaged in his proprietorship or continuing proprietorship business in relation to that partnership.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/20.Basis years

Part III ASCERTAINMENT OF CHARGEABLE INCOME

Chapter 2--Basis years and basis periods

20. Basis years

For the purposes of this Act, the calendar year coinciding with a year of assessment shall constitute the basis year for that year of assessment.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/21.Basis period of a person other than a company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society

21. Basis period of a person other than a company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society

The basis year for a year of assessment shall constitute, in relation to a source of a person other than a company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society, the basis period for that year of assessment.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/21A.Basis period of a company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society

21A. Basis period of a company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society

(1) Except as provided in this section, the basis year for a year of assessment shall constitute, in relation to a source of a company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society, the basis period for that year of assessment.

(2) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), where a company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society has made up the accounts of its operations for a period of twelve months ending on a day other than 31 December in the basis year, that period shall constitute the basis period for that year of assessment for any of its sources of income.

(3) Where the company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society has made up the accounts of its operations for a period of twelve months ending on a day in a basis year and there is a failure to make up the accounts of the company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society ending on the corresponding day in the following basis year, the Director General may direct that the basis period for the year of assessment in which the failure occurs, or the basis periods for that year and the following year of assessment, shall consist of a period or periods (which may be of any length) as specified in the direction.

(4) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), where a company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society commences operation on a day in a basis year for a year of assessment (hereinafter referred to as the "first year of assessment") and makes up its account--

(a) for a period of less than twelve months ending on a day in that basis year, that period shall constitute the basis period for the first year of assessment;

(b) for any period of months ending on a day in the immediately following basis year (hereinafter referred to as the "second basis year"), that period shall constitute the basis period for the year of assessment (hereinafter referred to as the "second year of assessment" immediately following the first year of assessment, there shall be no basis period in relation to any of its sources of income for the first year of assessment; or

(c) for a period of more than twelve months ending on a day in the basis year immediately following the second basis year, that period shall constitute the basis period for the year of assessment immediately following the second year of assessment and there shall be no basis period in relation to any of its sources of income for the first year of assessment and the second year of assessment.

(5) Where a company commences operations and--

(a) is required under any law of the place of incorporation to make up its accounts ending on a specified day; or

(b) being a company, trust body or co-operative society within a group of companies makes up its accounts ending on the same day as that of all other companies in that group, the period which begins from the day the company, trust body or co-operative society commences operations until the end of the accounting period of the company, trust body or co-operative society shall constitute, for those operations of that company, trust body or co-operative society, the basis period for a year of assessment.

(6) Where a company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society on the day on which it commences a new operation is already carrying on one or more operations, the basis period of the existing operation or operations for a year of assessment in which that day falls shall constitute for the new operation the basis period for that year of assessment and there shall be no basis period for the new operation for the year of assessment preceding that year.

(7) In subsections (4) and (6), references to company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society commencing to carry on an operation shall be construed only as references to cases where the company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society in question commences to carry on--

(a) its own operations; or

(b) the operations of another company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society being operations not previously carried on by that other company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society or its agents.

(8) For the purposes of this section, "operations" in relation to a company, limited liability partnership, trust body or co-operative society means--

(a) an activity which consists of the carrying on of a business;

(b) an activity which consists wholly in the making of investments;

(c) an activity which consists of both the carrying on of a business and the making of investments; or

(d) an activity which consists of the making of investments prior to the commencement of a business or after the cessation of a business.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/22.Gross income generally

Part III ASCERTAINMENT OF CHARGEABLE INCOME

Chapter 3--Gross income

22. Gross income generally

(1) Subject to this Act, the gross income of a person from a source of his for the basis period for a year of assessment shall be the gross income from that source for that period ascertained in accordance with the following provisions of this Chapter (that person and that period being referred to in those provisions as the relevant person and the relevant period respectively).

(2) Subject to this Act, the gross income of a person from a source of his for the basis period for a year of assessment shall include any sums receivable or deemed to have been received for that basis period in relation to that source by way of--

(a) insurance, indemnity, recoupment, recovery, reimbursement or otherwise--

(i) where such sums are in respect of the kind of outgoings and expenses deductible in ascertaining the adjusted income of that person from that source; or

(ii) under a contract of indemnity; and

(b) compensation for loss of income from that source.

(c) (Deleted by Act 661).

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53,,/23.Interpretation of sections 24 to 28

23. Interpretation of sections 24 to 28

For the purposes of sections 24 to 28--

(a) a reference to a debt is a reference to a debt in a liquidated sum (whether or not due or due and payable);

(b) a dividend deemed to be derived from Malaysia by virtue of section 14 shall be treated as paid on the day on which cash or its equivalent (whether in the form of a voucher, cheque or otherwise) in respect of the dividend is posted or delivered by or on behalf of the payer, and as distributed in specie on the day on which it is posted or delivered by or on behalf of the distributor;

(c) where any tax or foreign tax has been deducted in paying, crediting or distributing any gross income, then, with respect to that gross income, any reference in those sections to gross income paid, credited or received shall be taken to mean the amount of that gross income before the deduction;

(d) where any dividend deemed to be derived from Malaysia by virtue of section 14 is paid or credited without deduction of tax or is distributed in specie, the amount of the gross income in respect of that dividend shall be taken to be such an amount as, after deduction of tax at the rate deductible at the date of payment, crediting or distribution, would be equal to--

(i) the amount in fact paid;

(ii) the amount in fact credited; or

(iii) the market value of the dividend at the date of distribution, as the case may be.

Unannotated Statutes of Malaysia - Principal Acts/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 Act 53/INCOME TAX ACT 1967 ACT 53/24.Basis period to which gross income from a business is related

24. Basis period to which gross income from a business is related

(1) Where in the relevant period a debt owing to the relevant person arises in respect of--

(a) any stock in trade sold in or before the relevant period in the course of carrying on a business;

(aa) any stock in trade parted with by any element of compulsion including on requisition or compulsory acquisition or in a similar manner, in or before the relevant period;

(b) any services rendered at any time in the course of carrying on a business; or

(c) the use or enjoyment of any property dealt with at any time in the course of carrying on a business, the amount of the debt shall be treated as gross income of the relevant person from the business for the relevant period.

(2) Where in the relevant period any stock in trade of a business of the relevant person is--

(a) withdrawn for his own use; or

(b) withdrawn (otherwise than on requisition or compulsory acquisition or in a similar manner) without any consideration being received therefor or for a consideration consisting of--

(i) any property not being either a debt owing to the relevant person or a sum in cash or the equivalent of cash;

(ii) any such property together with a debt owing to the relevant person or any such sum; or

(iii) any such property together with a debt owing to the relevant person and any such sum, then, subject to subsection (3), an amount equal to the market value of that stock in trade at the time of its withdrawal shall be treated as gross income of the relevant person from the business for the relevant period.

(3) Where in a case to which subsection (2) applies the consideration for the withdrawal of any stock in trade is consideration of the kind described in subparagraph (b) (ii) or (iii) of that subsection, then, for the purposes of that subsection--

(a) the amount of the market value of that stock in trade shall be reduced by the amount of the debt or sum or the amount of the debt and sum, as the case may be, referred to in whichever of those subparagraphs applies to the case;

(b) subsection (1) shall apply to the debt as if it were a debt arising on the sale of that stock in trade; and

(c) section 28 shall apply to any such sum.

(4) Subject to section 3, where in the relevant period a dividend is paid, credited or distributed to the relevant person, then, if the stock, share or other source to which the dividend relates forms or has formed in or before the relevant period part of the stock in trade of a business of the relevant person--

(a) the amount of the dividend shall be treated as gross income of the relevant person from the business for the relevant period, if the business is carried on at any time in the relevant period; and