Capital Gains Tax – Exemption for group restructuring and initial public offering

Further to the 2024 Budget proposal, the statutory orders that provide exemption on chargeable income from gains arising from the disposal of unlisted shares of a company incorporated in Malaysia under a scheme for restructuring of companies in the same group or for initial public offering, have been gazetted on 8 October 2024.

We are pleased to set out the salient points from the statutory orders as well as our commentary which can be accessed via the above links. 

Petaling Jaya Office

Soh Lian Seng
Partner - Head of Tax and Tax Dispute Resolution
lsoh@kpmg.com.my
+ 603 7721 7019

Ng Sue Lynn
Partner - Head of Indirect Tax
suelynnng@kpmg.com.my
+ 603 7721 7271

Tai Lai Kok
Partner - Head of Corporate Tax
ltai1@kpmg.com.my
+ 603 7721 7020

Bob Kee
Partner - Head of Transfer Pricing
bkee@kpmg.com.my
+ 603 7721 7029

Long Yen Ping
Partner - Head of Global Mobility Services  yenpinglong@kpmg.com.my
+ 603 7721 7018

Outstation Offices

Penang

Evelyn Lee
Partner
evewflee@kpmg.com.my
+603 7721 2399

Ipoh

Crystal Chuah Yoke Chin
Associate Director
ycchuah@kpmg.com.my
+603 7721 2714

Kuching & Miri

Regina Lau
Partner
reglau@kpmg.com.my
+603 7721 2188

Kota Kinabalu

Titus Tseu
Executive Director 
titustseu@kpmg.com.my
+603 7721 2822

Johor

Ng Fie Lih
Partner 
flng@kpmg.com.my
+603 7721 2514