SUMUR MARKETING SDN BHD KETUA PENGARAH HASIL DALAM NEGERI

SUMUR MARKETING SDN BHD KETUA PENGARAH HASIL DALAM NEGERI

Leave to apply for judicial review was refused because the applicant failed to exhaust the statutory internal remedy under s.99 Income Tax Act 1967, no very exceptional circumstances were shown to warrant bypassing the Special Commissioners, and key issues (intention to trade and factual matters) are for the Special...

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Citation
WA-25-305-07-2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Parties
Applicant / Pemohon: Sumur Marketing Sdn Bhd; Respondent / Responden: Ketua Pengarah Hasil Dalam Negeri; Putative Respondent: Putatif Responden
Court
High Court
Jurisdiction
Malaysia
Judgment Date
18 September 2019
Case Number
WA-25-305-07-2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Procedural Posture
Judicial Review (semakan Kehakiman) / Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review (leave Stage)
Outcome
Application for leave to apply for judicial review dismissed as premature and an abuse of process
Legal Topics
Income Tax Act 1967 Assessments, Appeal to Special Commissioners (s.99 Ita), Distinction Between Investment and Trading Intention, Ultra Vires and Rationality of Administrative Acts, Exhaustion of Internal Remedies
Tax Law Administrative Law Judicial Review Income Tax Act 1967 Assessments Appeal to Special Commissioners (s.99 Ita) Distinction Between Investment and Trading Intention Ultra Vires and Rationality of Administrative Acts Exhaustion of Internal Remedies

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Parties

Sumur Marketing Sdn Bhd

Applicant / Pemohon

Ketua Pengarah Hasil Dalam Negeri

Respondent / Responden

Putatif Responden

Putative Respondent

Procedural Posture

Judicial Review (semakan Kehakiman) / Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review (leave Stage)

  1. 1 Whether the High Court should grant leave for judicial review despite available statutory appeal under s.99 ITA
  2. 2 Whether the Director General's assessment was ultra vires or irrational
  3. 3 Whether the taxpayer's audited accounts suffice to establish lack of intention to trade

Ratio Decidendi

Leave to apply for judicial review was refused because the applicant failed to exhaust the statutory internal remedy under s.99 Income Tax Act 1967, no very exceptional circumstances were shown to warrant bypassing the Special Commissioners, and key issues (intention to trade and factual matters) are for the Special Commissioners to decide; the application was therefore premature and an abuse of process.

Court Disposition

Application for leave to apply for judicial review dismissed as premature and an abuse of process

Orders

  • Leave to apply for judicial review refused
  • Applicant to pay costs of RM2000.00 to the Attorney General