Alan Chung

Alan Chung is the Head of Indirect Tax and Transfer Pricing practices of Grant Thornton Taxation Sdn Bhd.  He also acts as an International Liaison Director for Grant Thornton Malaysia.

Alan has more than 30 years of experience in tax compliance, tax advisory and indirect taxation, including a stint as a secondee to the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia for the implementation of the self-assessment system in Malaysia.  

Alan is a Fellow of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM), a Fellow of CPA of Australia and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He is currently the Deputy President of CTIM as well as a member of CPA Australia’s Malaysian Division Council’s Tax Committee. He was also formerly a Divisional Councillor for CPA Australia’s Malaysian Divisional Council and chaired its Tax Committee. With a wealth of experience dealing with various government agencies and departments, Alan actively contributes in dialogues with various Government agencies to resolve a myriad of both direct and indirect tax issues.  

Alan is also a regular speaker and moderator in seminars and conferences including the National Tax Conferences, National GST Conferences, Seminar Percukaian Kebangsaan, Sin Chew Business Excellence Awards, and Malaysian Tax Conferences.  He is an experienced trainer focused on disseminating knowledge and know-how to many corporations which include government-linked corporations and a statutory fund for employees.  Besides training, Alan has also co-authored a book on GST published by Wolters Kluwers.