Malaysia’s Taxation System: Contemporary Practices, Issues and Future Direction offers a clear and concise analysis of Malaysia’s taxation system in terms of its origin and its adaptation to changing economic and social conditions. With unique insights from experienced legal, accounting, and tax practitioners and eminent academics, this book highlights the need for a holistic review of the taxation system going forward as the country strives for high-income status in the near future.

Widespread voluntary tax compliance plays a significant role in countries’ efforts to raise the revenues necessary to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. As part of this process, governments are increasingly reaching out to taxpayers – current and future – to teach, communicate and assist them in order to foster a “culture of compliance” based on rights and responsibilities, in which citizens see paying taxes as an integral aspect of their relationship with their government.

Offers a clear and concise analysis of Malaysia's current taxation system in terms of its origin and its adaptation to changing economic and social conditions. With unique insights from experienced legal, accounting, and tax practitioners. as well as eminent academics, this book highlights the need for a holistic review of the taxation system going forward as the country strives for high-income status in the near future. Commissioned by the Malaysian Tax Research Foundation, this book fulfils the government's call for greater industry-academia collaboration and serves as a timely reminder about the importance of taxation in moving our country forward. This book comes at a pivotal time as we venture into new Malaysia. This book is a relevant and useful resource for scholars and policymakers alike as they seek to understand Malaysia's taxation system.

This book is designed to provide a frame of reference for students pursuing a Malaysian Taxation for Individuals and Businesses course in local universities, polytechnics and colleges. It is believed that the structured content of the book will facilitate easy reading and understanding of the readers even without any prior knowledge of taxation.

This book is designed to provide a frame of reference for students pursuing a Malaysian Taxation for Individuals and Businesses course in local universities, polytechnics and colleges. It is believed that the structured content of the book will facilitate easy reading and understanding of the readers even without any prior knowledge of taxation.