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Important Circular
Dear Valued Clients and Associates
AUDIT EXEMPTION (AE)
We are pleased to announce that the long awaited Practice Directive 3/2017 setting out the qualifying criteria for Audit Exemption provided under S267(2) CA2016 for private companies have been finally issued by the Companies Commission of Malaysia on 4 Aug 2017.
In preparation for the implementation of AE for qualifying companies Salient Points on PD 3/2017 are attached herewith for your kind attention.
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What would you need to do? |
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| 1. We encourage you to peruse the attached PD 3/2017 Salient Points, and familiarise yourself with the following:
(a) qualifying criteria for AE and the effective implementation dates; and (b) the reporting compliance requirements for companies eligible for AE. |
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| 2. Contact our AE Task Team:
(a) if your company do qualify for AE; (b) if you are not sure whether your company is eligible; or (c) if you require clarifications on PD 3/2017.
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Support Services to AE Eligible Companies |
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| We are also happy to advise that we will be rolling out various new support services to assist and facilitate AE eligible companies to comply with the reporting requirements under PD 3/2017, further details of which will be provided by our AE Task Team. |
Inland Revenue Board (IRB) Synchronisation
The Income Tax Act, 1967 (ITA) requires tax submissions to be prepared based on audited financial statements. We expect a directive from IRB to be issued to synchronise ITA requirements to PD 3/2017 Audit Exemption. An Alert Update will be circulated in due course.
28 August 2017