Indirect Tax Services - Ernst & Young - Malaysia

Indirect Tax Services

This is a specialist unit which deals with customs duties, sales tax, service tax, and excise duties. Our customs consultants can provide you with the necessary tax advice to minimize costs or exposure and identify missed duty-saving opportunities. The services offered are as follows:

• Review of agreements/contracts/documentation and quantification of service tax and sales tax exposure;
• Advising on obtaining rulings from the Customs Authority;
• Service tax and sales tax compliance;
• Advising on obtaining tariff classification with reduced tariff rates;
• Managing customs audits and investigations;
• Reviewing record keeping systems and internal control;
• Identifying duty-saving opportunities, facilities, incentives and exemptions;
• Advising on obtaining refunds/drawback;
• Advising on structuring of appeals; and
• Advising on WTO valuation and managing Post Customs Clearance Audits.

In addition, EY also has a Asia Pacific Customs and International Trade ("CIT") practice which offers companies the unparalleled trade expertise required for business efficiency. One of the largest and most experienced groups of its kind, the EY CIT practice includes over 50 professionals in the Asia Pacific region with expertise to assist clients on international trade and customs matters. The CIT practice is managed at both a national and regional level to provide our clients, regardless of locations, with the necessary experience specific to their international trade needs. The EY Team is multi-disciplinary, and includes attorneys, CPAs, former Customs Service personnel and other industry specialists. The CIT group is regularly engaged by our clients to review compliance activities, minimize duties, and re-engineer import functions. EY regularly represents clients in Customs audits and in Customs administrative proceedings, and regularly also assists clients with their trade flow into the EU and North America, in addition to within the Asia Pacific region itself.

If you have any queries about the above service, please contact Bhupinder Singh, Jeyaratnam Arunasalam, Chan Chow Pong or Koh Siok Kiat.

Tel No : (6) 03 7495 8205          E-mail : Bhupinder Singh 

Tel No : (6) 03 7495 8203          E-mail : Jeyaratnam Arunasalam 

Tel No : (6) 03 7495 8321          E-mail : Chan Chow Pong 

Tel No : (6) 03 7495 8355          E-mail : Koh Siok Kiat