Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri (LHDN) telah mengeluarkan surat dan e-mel kepada pembayar cukai yang mempunyai akaun bank di luar negara dan gagal memfailkan pulangan cukai mereka.
"Pembayar cukai dalam kategori ini diminta menghubungi LHDN dan mengisytiharkan pendapatan mereka dengan segera, kata ketua pegawai eksekutifnya, Datuk Seri Sabin Samitah.
Beliau berkata agensi itu mula menerima maklumat kewangan terutamanya mengenai pemilikan akaun bank di luar negara sejak September tahun lepas di bawah inisiatif Maklumat Pertukaran Automatik (AEOI) yang dilancarkan oleh Organisasi Kerjasama dan Pembangunan Ekonomi (OECD).
LHDN memperkenalkan Program Khas Pengakuan Sukarela (PKPS) bagi membolehkan pembayar cukai mengisytihar secara sukarela pendapatan yang dihasilkan dari sumber-sumber di Malaysia dan disimpan di dalam akaun bank luar negara tetapi belum diisytiharkan untuk tujuan cukai.
Di bawah program ini, kerajaan juga bersetuju untuk mengurangkan penalti dari 300% hingga 10% jika pendapatan dilaporkan sebelum atau sebelum 31 Mac, 2019 dan 15 peratus, jika dilaporkan sebelum atau pada 30 Jun 2019.
Dalam perkembangan lain, Sabin berkata tindakan telah diambil berdasarkan aduan terhadap beberapa pegawainya yang melakukan tugas mereka secara tidak profesional, mengugut pembayar cukai dan tidak mematuhi prosedur kerja tertentu.
Sabin menjamin bahawa pada masa ini audit atau siasatan tidak melibatkan serbuan di rumah pembayar cukai pada waktu tengah malam.
"Pembayar cukai digalakkan mengemukakan aduan jika ada salah laku dan LHDN tidak akan teragak-agak untuk mengambil tindakan terhadap mana-mana pegawai LHDN yang didapati melanggar prosedur kerja yang ditetapkan," katanya.
Aduan boleh disalurkan ke e-mel
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IRB wants individuals with overseas bank accounts to declare income
PUTRAJAYA (Feb 8): The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has issued letters and emails to taxpayers who have overseas bank accounts and who have failed to file their tax returns.
“Taxpayers in this category are urged to contact IRB and declare their income immediately, said its chief executive officer Datuk Seri Sabin Samitah.
He said the agency began to receive financial information in particular about the ownership of bank accounts abroad from September last year under the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) initiative which was initiated by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
IRB introduced the Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme (PKPS) to enable taxpayers to make voluntary disclosures of income generated from sources within Malaysia and deposited in overseas bank accounts but which have yet to be declared for tax purposes.
Under the programme, the government has also agreed to reduce the penalty for this from 300% to 10% if the income is reported by or before March 31, 2019 and 15 per cent, if done before or by June 30, 2019.
In another development, Sabin said action had been taken based on complaints against a few of its officers who carried out their duties unprofessionally, intimidated taxpayers and did not follow specified work procedures.
Sabin in the meantime assured that audits or investigations will not involve raids on the homes of taxpayers at midnight.
“Taxpayers are encouraged to lodge complaints if there is any such misconduct and the IRB will not hesitate to take action against any IRB officers who are found to have breached specified work procedures,” he said.
Complaints can be channelled to e-mail
[email protected].
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