Malaysia’s Finance Minister delivered the 2015 Budget on 10 October 2014. The current statute of limitation for tax adjustment in Malaysia is five years. According to the budget assessments or additional assessments may be made within five years after the end of the relevant year of assessment. Under the budget proposals for 2015 this would be extended to seven years for transfer pricing issues.
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