Shafee seeks stay of proceedings in RM9.41mil tax arrears suit

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah has filed an application for a stay of proceedings for a suit against him by the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) seeking payment of income tax arrears amounting to RM9.41 million, pending the disposal of his appeal to the Special Commissioners of Income Tax of Malaysia.

Muhammad Shafee filed the application at the High Court here on Wednesday (Nov 3), which, among other things, seeks an order for the proceedings to be temporarily suspended pending the outcome of the application filed before the Federal Court.by former prime minister Datuk Seri Seri Najib Abdul Razak and his son Datuk Mohd Nazifuddin regarding the payment of income tax amounting to RM1.69 billion and RM37.6 million respectively to the IRB.