This publication, an overview of the tax landscape across six key ASEAN markets: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, serves as a guide in navigating through evolving tax and regulatory landscape.
The e-Invoice Specific Guideline (e-Invoice Specific Guideline Version 4.6) and the e-Invoice General Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) were updated by the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) on 5 January 2026. There are salient changes to the e-Invoice Specific Guideline and the General FAQs.
This article covers MFRS 3’s disclosure requirements. An illustrative disclosure is provided at the end of this article, including insights on certain disclosure areas.
This article discusses accounting after the acquisition date.
Both e-Invoice Guidelines (e-Invoice Guideline Version 4.4 and e-Invoice Specific Guideline Version 4.2) were updated by the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) on 5 June 2025.
MFRS 3 ‘Business Combinations’ contains the requirements for these transactions, which can be challenging in practice. This article discusses how goodwill, or a gain from a bargain purchase, is initially recognised and measured under MFRS 3, which represents the final step of applying the acquisition method.
While a number of Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards were amended as a consequence of the release of MFRS 18, the most significant amendments were made to the following Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards
Under the new requirements of MFRS 18, items of income and expense are not classified based on their own nature, but rather they are classified based on the nature of the asset, liability or transaction from which they are derived.
Progress towards gender parity in mid-market firms is moving in the right direction – but not quickly enough. For 21 years, we’ve tracked the ratio of women occupying senior management roles in mid-market firms around the world. In the last five years, we’ve seen sustained growth on this key measure, but the rate of change is still too slow.
Updated e-Invoice Guidelines and General FAQs: 21 & 22 February 2025
Updated e-Invoice Guidelines and General FAQs : 28 January 2025
Under the new requirements of MFRS 18, items of income and expense are not classified based on their own nature, but rather they are classified based on the nature of the asset, liability or transaction from which they are derived.
Under the new requirements of MFRS 18, items of income and expense are not classified based on their own nature, but rather they are classified based on the nature of the asset, liability or transaction from which they are derived.
Entities should begin preparing for MFRS 18 ‘Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements’ sooner rather than later. Changes from MFRS 101 ‘Presentation of Financial Statements’ could have a significant impact on the financial statements.
The e-Invoice Rules [Income Tax (Issuance Of Electronic Invoice) Rules 2024] was released by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) on 1 October 2024 while both of the e-Invoice Guidelines (e-Invoice Guideline Version 4.0 and e-Invoice Specific Guideline Version 3.1) and e-Invoice General Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) were updated by the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) on 4 October 2024.
Malaysia’s Approach on Sustainability Reporting – IFRS S1 and S2