INCOME TAX ACT 1967 (ACT 53)
PART V - RETURNS




Section 83. Return by employer.


(1) The Director General may by statutory order require every employer to prepare and deliver for any year specified in the order and within a time so specified a return in the prescribed form containing-

(2) Where an employer commences to employ an individual who is or is likely to be chargeable to tax in respect of income in respect of gains or profits from the employment, the employer shall not later than one month thereafter give written notice to the Director General stating the full name and address of the individual and the terms and date of commencement of the employment.

(3) Where an employer is about to cease to employ an individual who is or is likely to be chargeable to tax in respect of income in respect of gains or profits from the employment, the employer shall not less than one month before the cessation give written notice thereof to the Director General stating the full name and address of the individual and the expected date of cessation:


Provided that, where he is satisfied that it is reasonable to do so in the circumstances, the Director General may accept for the purposes of this subsection a notice given less than one month before the cessation or a notice given on or after the cessation:

Provided further that an employer shall not be required to give the written notice under this subsection in respect of an individual-
[Ins. Act 557:s.15]


[Ins. Act 557:s.15]
and where it is known to him that the individual is not retiring from any employment.

[Ins. Act 557:s.15]
(4) Where an individual chargeable to tax in respect of income in respect of gains or profits from an employment is to the knowledge of his employer about to leave or intending to leave Malaysia for a period exceeding three months, the employer shall not less than one month before the expected date of departure give written notice of the individual's departure to the Director General:

Provided that-

(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of any written law to the contrary, where an employer has in his possession any moneys whatsoever which are or may be payable to or for the benefit of an employee who has ceased or is about to cease to be employed by him or who is about to leave Malaysia for a period of more than three months with no intention of returning, he shall not, without the permission of the Director General, pay any part of those moneys to or for the benefit of the employee until ninety days after the receipt by the Director General of the notice required to be given under subsection (3) or (4), as the case may be, and if at any time the Director General directs him to pay the full amount or a portion of those moneys towards payment of the tax payable by the employee, he shall pay as directed
[Sub. Act 337:s.11]
(6) For the purposes of this section and subsection 107 (4), any person to whom or for whose benefit a service is rendered or performed by another person shall be deemed to be an employer whether or not he employs that other person or is responsible for paying remuneration to that other person.
[Ins. Act A158:s.5]

Related reading:
[Act 557:s.15, Act 337:s.11, Act A158:s.5]


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