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Court Of Appeal Allows Taxpayer To Claim Investment Tax Allowance And Industrial Building Allowance
Recently, the Court of Appeal in KPHDN v PSB upheld the High Court’s decision in allowing the taxpayer to claim Investment Tax Allowance...


Transfer Pricing and Cross-Border Financing: Lessons From The Singtel Case
Singapore Telecom Australia Investments Pty Limited (Singtel) v Commissioner of Taxation [2021] FCA 1597 is a recent transfer pricing...


Intra-Group Loan Pricing
Chevron Australia Holdings Pty Ltd v Commissioner Of Taxation (2017) FCAFC 62 The recent ruling by the Full Federal Court in Chevron...


Tax Authority’s Application To Reinstate A Company Dismissed By The High Court
Recently, the High Court dismissed an action commenced by the Director General of Inland Revenue (DGIR) among others against the...


High Court Grants Stay Of Proceedings To Taxpayer
Section 106(3) Income Tax Act 1967 reads: “In any proceedings under this section, the court shall not entertain any plea that the amount...
COA upholds leave granted to Petronas unit to start judicial review against IRB
4 April 2023 PUTRAJAYA (April 4): A three-member Court of Appeal (COA) bench has upheld the High Court’s decision in granting leave to...
Pricing Adjustments Made To Median Pricing
Recently, the High Court dismissed the Director General of Inland Revenue’s (DGIR) appeal in a transfer pricing appeal. The key issue in...
Legal Insight Vol.9/Q1/2023
RDS is pleased to publish RDS Legal Insight Q1 of 2023. This quarterly magazine features the following articles by our colleagues: 1)...
The Wiramuda Case – Landmark Federal Court Ruling That Compensation Is Not Taxable
Recently, the Federal Court led by the Chief Justice unanimously ruled in favour of the taxpayer by ruling that Section 4C of the Income...


RDS Legal Insight Vol.9/Q1/2023
RDS is pleased to publish RDS Legal Insight Q1 of 2023. This quarterly magazine features the following articles by our colleagues: 1)...


RDS Legal Insight Vol.9/Q1/2023
RDS is pleased to publish RDS Legal Insight Q1 of 2023. This quarterly magazine features the following articles by our colleagues: 1)...
UK Supreme Court’s Ruling In The NCL Investments Ltd Case
Recently, the United Kingdom Supreme Court in NCL Investments Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2022] 1 WLR 1829 dealt with the...
Transfer Pricing In The Software Industry: The Oracle India Case And Its Impact
Oracle India Pvt. Ltd. (Oracle India) v Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax W.P. (C) 7828/2010 is a transfer pricing dispute which...
Transfer Pricing Treatment Of Intangibles
The “unique and valuable” nature of intangibles makes it challenging to conduct a valuation due to the absence of comparables. This alert...
Former judge honoured for ‘unflinching commitment’
16 December 2022 KUALA LUMPUR: Former High Court and Court of Appeal judge Datuk Seri Hishamudin Yunus was honoured on Wednesday for his “unflinching commitment to judicial independence” during the launch of his book, Upholding The Federal Constitution: The Judicial Thoughts Of Dato’ Seri Hishamudin Yunus . The event was officiated by the Yang di Pertuan Besar Negri Sembilan, Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir. Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who was also p
Tuanku Muhriz: Judicial Appointments Commission Act should be incorporated into Federal Constitution
16 December 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 13) : The Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir, has proposed that the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) Act 2009 be made part of the Federal Constitution, to better ensure that the appointment of judges is independent. As the Federal Constitution is the supreme law of the country, Tuanku Munawir said the recent political developments in Malaysia had led to many discourses on the constitution. He said ma


RDS Legal Insight Vol.8/Q3/2022
RDS is pleased to publish RDS Legal Insight Q3 of 2022. This quarterly magazine features the following articles by our colleagues: 1)...
Compensation for forcefully acquired properties should not be subject to income tax, rules ad by IRB
12 December 2022 PUTRAJAYA (Dec 12): In a landmark judgement, the Federal Court last Friday (Dec 9) ruled that the compensation obtained...
Muhibbah Engineering gets nod to challenge tax assessments imposed by IRB
2 December 2022 PUTRAJAYA (Dec 2): Listed construction firm Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd on Thursday (Dec 1) succeeded in obtaining leave...
What Multinational Enterprises Should Know About BEPS 2.0
The OECD has updated BEPS 2.0 to address tax challenges arising from the digital economy and to introduce a global minimum tax to be...
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