JOHOR BARU: A logistics company director was charged at the Magistrate’s Court here with failing to submit the company’s income tax assessment statement for the years 2020 and 2021 amounting to more than RM550,000.
Lua Wen Shin, 41, claimed trial after the charge against him was read out before magistrate Nur Fatin Mohamad Farid yesterday.
Based on the charge sheet, the accused, who is the director of Narita Shipping and Transport Sdn Bhd, failed to submit an income statement for the company’s assessment tax for the year 2020 amounting to RM376,826 and RM178,002 for 2021
After claiming trial, Lua’s lawyer, W.T Wong, said they would be making representation for the case.
Nur Fatin then set Dec 3 for the case’s next mention and handing over of documents.
Meanwhile, in the same court, a construction company director also pleaded not guilty to two charges of allegedly failing to submit a personal income statement for a period of five years, namely 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 amounting to RM129,843.
Syed Azhar Syed Sahat, 51, who was not represented, claimed trial after the charges were read out to him.
In the first charge, he allegedly failed to submit an income statement of RM6,621 for 2016 and RM19,339 for 2018.
For the second charge, the accused allegedly failed to submit an income statement of RM47,187 for the year 2019, RM17,015 for 2020 and RM39,679 for 2021.
Nur Fatin then set Nov 28 for the case next mention to hand over documents. She also advised Syed Azhar to appoint a lawyer.
Both Lua and Syed Azhar were charged under Section 112(1A) of the Income Tax Act 1967, which carries a fine of not more than RM20,000 or six months imprisonment or both as well as a special penalty of three times the amount of tax that should be imposed upon conviction.
Inland Revenue Board prosecution officer Mohamad Norhalim Kamasan prosecuted in both cases.
