REVENUE LAW: Judicial review

5 cases · June 2024 to February 2025

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Alternative remedy of appeal — Specialised body — Special Commissioners of Income Tax (SCIT) — Government of Malaysia v Jagdis Singh and Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang v Syarikat Bekerjasama-Sama Serbaguna Sungai Gelugor Dengan Tanggungan — Special circumstances test — Director-General of Inland Revenue ('DGIR') raised notices of additional assessment — Whether assessment correct — Whether for High Court or SCIT to determine — Section 99 of the Income Tax Act 1967 2 Certiorari — Leave to commence judicial review granted — Stay of proceedings in judicial review proceedings — Order 53 rule 3(5) of the Rules of Court 2012 — Test — Same as test granting interlocutory injunction — Different from test for stay of execution of judgment i.e. special circumstances test — Whether policy of “pay first dispute later” under sections 103(1), 103B and 106(3) of the Income Tax Act 1967 can be stayed in judicial review proceedings f proceedings in judicial review proceedings 1 Certiorari — Mandamus — Leave to commence judicial review granted — Stay of proceedings granted — Leave and stay not permitted to be revisited at substantive stage — Exceptional circumstances — Market value of land — Instances Director General of Inland Revenue can determine market value — Manner to determine — Whether right to be heard to be accorded to taxpayer — Paragraph 11(2), Second Schedule of the RPGT Act. 1 Certiorari — Customs Anti-Dumping Duties Order — Notice of Affirmative Final Determination of an Anti-Dumping Duty Investigation — Challenge to the imposition of anti-dumping duties — Anti-dumping investigation by Investigation Authority — Calculation of dumping margin — Fair comparison between constructed 'export price' and 'normal value' at the same level of trade at ex-factory level — ss 2, 16(1), 17(1), 18(1), 18(3) Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Act 1993 sub regulation 9(1), 9(4), 31(1) of the Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Regulations 1994 1

Alternative remedy of appeal — Specialised body — Special Commissioners of Income Tax (SCIT) — Government of Malaysia v Jagdis Singh and Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang v Syarikat Bekerjasama-Sama Serbaguna Sungai Gelugor Dengan Tanggungan — Special circumstances test — Director-General of Inland Revenue ('DGIR') raised notices of additional assessment — Whether assessment correct — Whether for High Court or SCIT to determine — Section 99 of the Income Tax Act 1967 2 cases

Certiorari — Leave to commence judicial review granted — Stay of proceedings in judicial review proceedings — Order 53 rule 3(5) of the Rules of Court 2012 — Test — Same as test granting interlocutory injunction — Different from test for stay of execution of judgment i.e. special circumstances test — Whether policy of “pay first dispute later” under sections 103(1), 103B and 106(3) of the Income Tax Act 1967 can be stayed in judicial review proceedings f proceedings in judicial review proceedings 1 case

Certiorari — Mandamus — Leave to commence judicial review granted — Stay of proceedings granted — Leave and stay not permitted to be revisited at substantive stage — Exceptional circumstances — Market value of land — Instances Director General of Inland Revenue can determine market value — Manner to determine — Whether right to be heard to be accorded to taxpayer — Paragraph 11(2), Second Schedule of the RPGT Act. 1 case

Certiorari — Customs Anti-Dumping Duties Order — Notice of Affirmative Final Determination of an Anti-Dumping Duty Investigation — Challenge to the imposition of anti-dumping duties — Anti-dumping investigation by Investigation Authority — Calculation of dumping margin — Fair comparison between constructed 'export price' and 'normal value' at the same level of trade at ex-factory level — ss 2, 16(1), 17(1), 18(1), 18(3) Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Act 1993 sub regulation 9(1), 9(4), 31(1) of the Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Regulations 1994 1 case

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