Hi Everyone, I am an Indian, I came Malaysia on EP on 31st Oct 2014.
And I got Work Permit on 18th Nov 2014 and it is valid till 31st Oct 2015.
I have 3 queries, Please guide me.
1. I want to know about the either am I eligible for pay tax as residence for 2014 basis year or not?
I am planning to go out of Malaysia from 27th Jan 2015 to 9th Feb 2015. (12 days out of Malaysia - excluding departure & arrival dates) to my home country India.
2. If I will drop my plan and I will be staying continuously till 30th April 2015, so am I eligible for 2014 as resident in Malaysia for tax purposes. (As per my understanding). [Because I will be completing consecutive 182 days on 30th April]
If I will be not available (for 12 days) in Malaysia before completing 182 consecutive days (i. e.before 30th April 2015) and I will be visiting India(home country) for vacation.
As per website document, temporary absence is allow but if temporary absence is social visit, & it should not be exceeding fourteen days in the aggregate.
3. So is my temporary absence consider as social visit & is it count in 182 consecutive days?
If I will get Tax Resident for 2014 & 2015, so then can I file tax return for both year in 2016 March?
As per residence individual clause 7(1)b in IRBM, i.e.
agc.gov.my/Akta/Vol.%202/Act%2053.pdf
hasil.gov.my/pdf/pdfam/individual.pdf
ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/Worldwide_Personal_Tax_Guide_2013-2014/$File/2013-2014%20Worldwide%20personal%20tax%20guide.pdf (Page no 791)
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7.
(1) For the purposes of this Act,
an individual is resident in
Malaysia for the basis year for a particular year of assessment if—
(a) he is in Malaysia in that
basis year for a period or
periods amounting in all to
one hundred and eighty-
two days or more;
(b) he is in Malaysia in that basis year for a period of less
than one hundred and eighty-two days and that period
is linked by or to another period of one hundred and
eighty-two or more consecutive days (hereinafter
referred to in this paragraph as such period)
throughout which he is in Malaysia in the basis year
for the year of assessment immediately preceding that
particular year of assessment or in that basis year for the year of assessment immediately following that
particular year of assessment:
Provided that any temporary absence from
Malaysia—
(i) connected with his service in Malaysia and owing to service matters or attending conferences or seminars or study abroad;
(ii) owing to ill-health involving himself or a
member of his immediate family; and
(iii) in respect of social visits not exceeding fourteen days in the aggregate,
shall be taken to form part of such period or that
period, as the case may be, if he is in Malaysia
immediately prior to and after that temporary absence;