{"id":33535,"date":"2018-03-02T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T05:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=33535"},"modified":"2018-03-05T07:23:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T23:23:08","slug":"increase-in-tax-collections-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017","title":{"rendered":"IRB: RM9 billion Increase In 2017 Tax Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A total of RM123.33 billion has been collected by the Inland Revenue Board (IRB), said its chief, Datuk Seri Sabin Samitah.<\/p>\n<p>The collection is an 8.15% or RM9 billion increase and the taxman said this was in line with the continuous growth of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to inform that at the end of last year, we successfully saw an 8.15% increase in tax collection by RM9 billion, with a total of RM123.233 billion tax collected compared with the same period in 2016,\u201d he was quoted as saying by English-language daily The Star.<\/p>\n<p>He added that for 2018, the IRB was targeting RM134.713 billion in tax collections, a 6.1% increase from the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/news\/nation\/2018\/03\/01\/irb-reports-rm9bil-increase-in-2017-tax-collections\/#l4Dh8ow21xiUu6Vu.99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">[Source]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More to come?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":33536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[216,215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-updates","category-tax"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tax Collection Sees RM9 Billion Increase In 2017, Says IRB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The tax board believes this comes on the back of a growng economy. But what are the implications of an aggressive taxman for Malaysians in 2018?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tax Collection Sees RM9 Billion Increase In 2017, Says IRB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The tax board believes this comes on the back of a growng economy. But what are the implications of an aggressive taxman for Malaysians in 2018?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"iMoney Malaysia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-02T05:00:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-04T23:23:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lhdn-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"403\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Emmanuel Surendra\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Emmanuel Surendra\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Emmanuel Surendra\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7c6c5ecf3ba99234373c75acdff7fa4\"},\"headline\":\"IRB: RM9 billion Increase In 2017 Tax Collections\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-02T05:00:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-04T23:23:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017\"},\"wordCount\":118,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/lhdn-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News Updates\",\"Tax\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017\",\"name\":\"Tax Collection Sees RM9 Billion Increase In 2017, Says IRB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/lhdn-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-02T05:00:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-04T23:23:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7c6c5ecf3ba99234373c75acdff7fa4\"},\"description\":\"The tax board believes this comes on the back of a growng economy. But what are the implications of an aggressive taxman for Malaysians in 2018?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/lhdn-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/lhdn-1.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":403},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News Updates\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/category\\\/news-updates\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"IRB: RM9 billion Increase In 2017 Tax Collections\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/\",\"name\":\"iMoney Malaysia\",\"description\":\"Everything you need to know about improving your personal finances.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7c6c5ecf3ba99234373c75acdff7fa4\",\"name\":\"Emmanuel Surendra\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ec3cb644c86b39862e483cdb03c26731f25da7bf9c29e48e6c547055668d7eac?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ec3cb644c86b39862e483cdb03c26731f25da7bf9c29e48e6c547055668d7eac?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ec3cb644c86b39862e483cdb03c26731f25da7bf9c29e48e6c547055668d7eac?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Emmanuel Surendra\"},\"description\":\"Emmanuel writes to live. Prior to iMoney, he was a subeditor at The Malaysian Insider and a freelancer for various publications.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.imoney.my\\\/articles\\\/author\\\/emmanuel-surendra\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tax Collection Sees RM9 Billion Increase In 2017, Says IRB","description":"The tax board believes this comes on the back of a growng economy. But what are the implications of an aggressive taxman for Malaysians in 2018?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tax Collection Sees RM9 Billion Increase In 2017, Says IRB","og_description":"The tax board believes this comes on the back of a growng economy. But what are the implications of an aggressive taxman for Malaysians in 2018?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017","og_site_name":"iMoney Malaysia","article_published_time":"2018-03-02T05:00:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-03-04T23:23:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":403,"url":"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lhdn-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Emmanuel Surendra","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Emmanuel Surendra","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017"},"author":{"name":"Emmanuel Surendra","@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/a7c6c5ecf3ba99234373c75acdff7fa4"},"headline":"IRB: RM9 billion Increase In 2017 Tax Collections","datePublished":"2018-03-02T05:00:28+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-04T23:23:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017"},"wordCount":118,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lhdn-1.jpg","articleSection":["News Updates","Tax"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017","url":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017","name":"Tax Collection Sees RM9 Billion Increase In 2017, Says IRB","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lhdn-1.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-02T05:00:28+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-04T23:23:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/a7c6c5ecf3ba99234373c75acdff7fa4"},"description":"The tax board believes this comes on the back of a growng economy. But what are the implications of an aggressive taxman for Malaysians in 2018?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#primaryimage","url":"\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lhdn-1.jpg","contentUrl":"\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lhdn-1.jpg","width":1000,"height":403},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/increase-in-tax-collections-2017#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News Updates","item":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/category\/news-updates"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"IRB: RM9 billion Increase In 2017 Tax Collections"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/","name":"iMoney Malaysia","description":"Everything you need to know about improving your personal finances.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/a7c6c5ecf3ba99234373c75acdff7fa4","name":"Emmanuel Surendra","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec3cb644c86b39862e483cdb03c26731f25da7bf9c29e48e6c547055668d7eac?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec3cb644c86b39862e483cdb03c26731f25da7bf9c29e48e6c547055668d7eac?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec3cb644c86b39862e483cdb03c26731f25da7bf9c29e48e6c547055668d7eac?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Emmanuel Surendra"},"description":"Emmanuel writes to live. Prior to iMoney, he was a subeditor at The Malaysian Insider and a freelancer for various publications.","url":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/author\/emmanuel-surendra"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33535"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33538,"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33535\/revisions\/33538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}