Petronas mulling appeal on right to sales tax

May 9, 2020

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Dateline 2020-03-18, FMT:

Petronas is still considering whether to appeal against last week’s High Court ruling that Sabah and Sarawak have the right under the Federal Constitution to impose sales tax on petroleum products.

“We have 30 days from March 13 to file a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal,” said lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar who represents the national oil and gas company.

Last week, judge Azahari Kamal Ramli, who is based in Kuching, dismissed Petronas’ judicial review application to declare the Sarawak state sales tax null and void.

Petronas had claimed that some parts of the state’s Sales Tax Ordinance 1998, which require the national oil company to pay the 5% sales tax on petroleum products to Sarawak, were unconstitutional.

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High Court rules Sabah, Sarawak can impose sales tax on petroleum products

April 30, 2020

Dateline 2020-03-13, FMT:

The High Court today ruled that Sabah and Sarawak have the right under the Federal Constitution to impose sales tax on petroleum products.

High Court Judge Azahari Kamal Ramli dismissed the leave application for judicial review by Petronas to declare the Sarawak state sales tax null and void.

Petronas had claimed that some parts of the state’s Sales Tax Ordinance 1998, which require the national oil company to pay the 5% sales tax on petroleum products to Sarawak, were unconstitutional.

The company’s lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar argued that the notice of assessment issued by the Sarawak government to Petronas seeking payment of the tax on petroleum products was therefore invalid.

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Petronas claims Sarawak sales tax law ‘unconstitutional’

March 29, 2020

Haha haha ha. Are there positions in the legal team now?

Dateline 2020-02-03, FMT:

Petronas has claimed that some parts of the state Sales Tax Ordinance 1998 which require the national oil company to pay the 5% sales tax on petroleum products to Sarawak are “unconstitutional”.

Petronas lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar.

Therefore, the notice of assessment issued by the Sarawak government to Petronas, seeking payment of the state sales tax on petroleum products, was also considered to be invalid, said Petronas lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar.

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