LHDN busts luxury car cartel for failure to declare actual income from estimated RM70 mil worth of sales

The Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) has uncovered tax non-compliance by a company suspected of being involved in a luxury vehicle cartel network, including failing to declare actual income from sales transactions amounting to approximately RM70 million, Bernama reports.

LHDN said in a statement today that it conducted an enforcement operation against the company yesterday, involving several Klang Valley locations including its business premises, the company director’s residence and an auditing firm.

“Through this operation, searches were conducted to obtain documents and evidence related to tax non-compliance. Initial investigations revealed that the company failed to report actual income from sales transactions amounting to RM70 million,” it said.

LHDN busts luxury car cartel for failure to declare actual income from estimated RM70 mil worth of sales

The case is now being investigated under subsection 112(1A) of the Income Tax Act (ITA) 1967, involving the company, and paragraph 113(1)(a) of the ITA 1967, involving the company’s directors.

“(This operation) is in line with the government’s efforts to combat cartels and smuggling syndicates, which have been entrenched for decades to the detriment of national revenue. This step demonstrates LHDN’s continued commitment to ensuring that every party complies with tax regulations, and to curbing leakages in national revenue.

“Therefore, LHDN remains firm in upholding the integrity of the country’s tax system, and will not compromise with any attempt to evade taxes. It will ensure that all parties fulfil their tax obligations, for the well-being of the nation and its people,” it said.

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