KOTA KINABALU (Bernama): The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has identified a number of politicians among the approximately 80,000 individual taxpayers and business owners who have failed to pay or declare their taxes and return their tax forms. He said 148 taxpayers from various categories in Sabah had owned up to their offences under the programme with the state IRB until yesterday, with the additional taxes and penalties estimated at RM8.1 million. Meanwhile, he said the tax collected in Sabah until November had risen by 1.53 per cent or RM55 million to RM3.666 billion compared to RM3.611 billion for the same period last year. Also, a total of 1,841 people in Sabah, owing RM130.2 million, were banned from travelling overseas between January and November this year. Earlier, Sabin witnessed the handing-over of duty between Sabah IRB director Suhaili Sudin and IRB Profiling and Investigation director Datuk Hajam Lajah Alam.

Source: The Star December 21, 2018 14:25 UTC