I thought I am done with IRB. I have gotten my PIN and even completed my e-filling for 2007. A “mission” letter came from them yesterday asking me to declare my PCB for 1995 & 1996. It was not asking me to fill it in but to request my ex-employer to complete it.
Now it is really a mission, first of all, if you want my ex-employer to fill it in, they should send the letter to my ex-employer directly. Hey, I am not even sure whether they are still around. Secondly, they want record dated 1995, that is 12 years ago. I thought the policy is to keep 5 or 7 years record? I am not sure they even have that record. In IT, most systems survive at most 5 years and later will need to be upgraded or migrated. Imagine, 12 years ago, they were running on first version of Microsoft Windows, not it is going to VISTA. Worst case is the companies all have close shop and where are we going to get the data? My children will say “So Silly!”
Being a “collector”, I do keep everything all the tax documents, just in case something like this happens. Imagine I have all my pay slips from my first job till now. Anyone knows how to write a good letter in Bahasa Malaysia? I will tell them that I cannot get hold of my previous employer and these are the documents I have. By the way, I already settle it in KL tax office before I moved to Penang. IRB oh IRB, when will you improve your service and not give us any paperwork?
aiyo, really pening with this IRB people. Despite them telling u to keep 7 years records, I dun trust them. A family friend got summoned to their office coz he owed them tax for a job 20 years ago! 20 years?! How to check lar?
aiyooo… these irb folks ah. want our money also make it so difficult.
i still doubt their e-filing system. Must keep all year doc la, else after 10 years they chase after me pulak. 😡
I think you can argue with them that they only tell tax payers to keep SEVEN years of record. So after SEVEN years, they should NOT ask for it anymore. This is because I can basically throw away anything that is after seven years to conserve space although most of the time we don’t throw them but keep them until 20-30 or even up to 50 years which is qualified to be stored in the muzeum… heheheheh…