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KUALA LUMPUR: The Government of Malaysia, through the Inland Revenue Board (IRB), has filed separate lawsuits against two other allies of the fugitive businessman, Low Taek Jho or Jho Low, for their income tax arrears totaling RM9.3 millions.
Subpoenas against Casey Tang Keng Chee, 56, and Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, 43, demanding that they pay their delinquent income taxes of RM6.8 million and RM2.5 million respectively, were filed in Court Top here on December 4. , 2020 and January 8, 2021.
The cases surfaced today for e-Review and case management for the subpoena against Tang, who is a former CEO of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), was set for March 8, while the one against Loo, the former 1MDB attorney . , on February 18.
In the statement of claims against Tang, the Government of Malaysia, as the plaintiff, alleged that during the assessment years 2009 to 2017, the defendant had to pay RM 260,560.26, RM 473,004.48, RM 1,600,810.12, RM 257,694.20, RM 1. , 074,455.28, RM1,428,296.28, RM701,285.00, RM310,502.16 and RM57,866.40 based on the Assessment Notice for those years, dated September 30, 2020.
The plaintiff claimed that the appraisal notices were sent by certified mail to the defendant on October 6, 2020, to his last known address in Taman Sri Endah here, and were received by the plaintiff based on the acknowledgment card (AR ) signed.
The plaintiff further stated that the credit surplus of RM972.00 owed to the defendant was used and deducted as part of the income tax payment for the 2009 assessment year, leaving an outstanding balance of RM259,588.26 for that tax assessment year.
The plaintiff alleged that as the defendant did not pay income tax within 30 days after the delivery of said Appraisal Notices to him (the defendant), as provided in Section 103 of the Income Tax Act 1967, a 10 percent tax increase was imposed and the defendant must pay general income tax for the assessment years 2009 through 2017 for a total of ringgit 6,779,852.36, as well as interest of the five percent from the date of the trial to the date of completion, costs and other exemptions considered fit by the court.
Meanwhile, in the brief of claims against Loo, the plaintiff alleged that for the evaluation years 2012, 2014 and 2016, the defendant had to pay $ 1,495,366.08, $ 571,979.72 and $ 75,292.96 based on the Evaluation Notice for those years, dated October 19, 2020.
The plaintiff claimed that the appraisal notices were sent by certified mail to the defendant on November 18, 2020, at her last known address in Damansara Heights here, which was known to the plaintiff at the time, and were never returned to the plaintiff. .
“The defendant also failed to submit the Individual Return Forms under Section 77 of the 1967 Income Tax Act for the Evaluation Years 2017 and 2018 to the plaintiff within the stipulated period of April 30, 2018 and April 30, 2019 or earlier.
“Assessments of RM76,510.72 and RM50,062.40 (including fines) for 2017 and 2018 have been raised in Appraisal Notices dated October 19, 2020, sent to the defendant’s last known address, which were never returned to the plaintiff, “he said.
The plaintiff said that since the defendant did not pay income tax within 30 days of the delivery of said Appraisal Notices, a 10 percent tax increase was imposed and the defendant must pay the full back taxes. Of RM2, 496,133.05, as well as five percent interest from the date of the trial to the date of completion, costs and other repairs that the court deems appropriate.
On January 15, the Malaysian government also filed a lawsuit against an ally of Jho Low, known as Eric Tan Kim Loong, demanding that he pay income tax totaling 68 million ringgit. -Called
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