Malaysia – The High Court in Kuala Lumpur was informed that the two checks totaling RM9.5 million received by lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah from Datuk Seri Najib Razak were not a loan. Rather than that, former Inland Revenue Board (IRB) tax officer Syed Nasrul Fahmi Syed Mohamad said that the checks were advanced payments for legal services performed …

The government plans to combine a national identification number (NIK) and a taxpayer registration number (NPWP). This plan is in line with the government’s program to implement a single identity or Single Identity Number (SIN). Director-General of Taxes Suryo Utomo explained that the process of merging NIK and NPWP is currently still running. Combining NIK and NPWP into one single …