Malaysia legislation

Section 207

of FINANCE (NO. 2) ACT 2023

Section 207

(2)

Where a Constituent Entity referred to in subsection (1)

has not furnished a return as required under this Part for a Reporting Financial Year, that Constituent Entity shall keep and retain the documents referred to in subsection (1)

that relate to that Financial Year for a period of seven years after the end of the year in which the return is furnished.

(3)

The Director General may specify by statutory order in respect of any class or description of business (or by notice under his hand in respect of the business of any particular

Constituent Entity) the form of records to be kept under subsection (1) and the manner in which they shall be kept and retained.

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(4)

The Director General may waive all or any of the provisions of subsection (1) in respect of any particulars in an information return or Top-up Tax return furnished by a

Constituent Entity.

(5)

Any Constituent Entity who is required by this section to keep documents and—

(a)

does so electronically shall retain them in an electronically readable form and shall keep the documents in such a manner as to enable the documents to be readily accessible and convertible into writing; or

(b)

has originally kept documents in a manual form and subsequently converts those documents into an electronic form shall retain those documents prior to the conversion in their original form.

(6)

All documents for the purpose of administering and determining liability to Domestic Top-up Tax and Multinational

Top-up Tax in Malaysia shall be kept and retained in Malaysia.

(7)

For the purposes of this section, “documents” means—

(a)

any documents as are necessary to verify the particulars in an information return or Top-up Tax return furnished by a Constituent Entity; or

(b)

any other records as may be specified by the

Director General under subsection (3).

Power to call for further return under Part XI