PUTRAJAYA (Oct 5): The Government through the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has withdrawn its appeal in the Court of Appeal over a RM10.3 million suit filed against Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s daughter Nooryana Najwa Najib over purported non-return of income tax assessments.
The hearing of the IRB’s appeal was originally fixed for Wednesday (Oct 5).
It is understood a notice of discontinuance of the appeal was filed by the IRB.
A file search showed that the notice of discontinuance was filed on Monday, and the IRB applied that no order as to costs be made following the withdrawal. The letter from the IRB stated that this was agreed by the IRB and Nooryana Najwa's solicitors Messrs Shafee & Co.
Meanwhile, another letter from the IRB to the appellate court on Tuesday stated that the parties had reached a settlement of the case, resulting in the notice of discontinuance being filed and agreed by both parties.
"Hence, we (the IRB) request that the hearing of this appeal as scheduled today (Wednesday) be vacated," the letter signed by IRB counsel Ainur Mardhiah Ramli stated.
On Aug 26, 2020, Shah Alam High Court judge Datuk Faizah Jamaludin dismissed the IRB’s application for a summary judgement to be entered against Nooryana Najwa for purported unpaid taxes as it found the IRB's documentation to the court was not in order.
The Government, via the IRB, was suing Nooryana Najwa for alleged failure to submit her individual income tax return forms to the tax agency under Section 77 of the Income Tax Act 1967 for years of assessment between 2011 and 2017.
The IRB had contended that to date, Nooryana Najwa had not paid the amount of income tax owed, including increases totalling RM10,335,292.
Lawyer Muhammad Farhan Shafee, when contacted by theedgemarkets.com, confirmed the IRB's withdrawal of the appeal.
https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/govt-through-irb-withdraws-rm103m-tax-appeal-against-najibs-daughter
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