2009 Post Budget Review

Course Contents

Areas to be covered include:

· Discussion on 2009 Budget proposals affecting individuals, sole proprietors, partnerships
· Discussion on 2009 Budget proposals affecting companies
· Indirect tax changes
· Key areas of Tax Planning relating to the proposed Budget changes
· Updates on significant key developments during 2008 including latest Public Rulings
· Updates on tax administration matters such as IRB clarifications
· Updates on recent Gazette Orders

Target Audience : All
CPD Code : 080913JB1

Speaker’s Profile

Mr Harvindar Singh

Harvindar Singh is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and an Associate Member of the Malaysian Institute of Taxation. He has approximately 15 years of widespread experience in taxation gained at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young. Harvindar's professional experience ranges from advising on the tax implications of cross border transactions (inbound and outbound investments), international tax planning and structuring, tax audits and investigations, tax incentives applications, tax due diligence reviews, financing transactions including Islamic financing schemes, advising on transfer pricing issues, corporate and personal tax planning, Sarbanes-Oxley tax documentation review as well as tax compliance matters.

Harvindar is currently the Managing Partner of Harvey & Associates, a boutique firm with a diversified portfolio of clients. Harvindar is a Tax Consultant to numerous PLCs, MNCs as well as fellow accounting firms and his peers and industry players alike actively seek his expertise and views on taxation.

Harvindar is a popular and regular speaker at seminars on Malaysian taxation at tax and financial conferences. He is also actively involved in carrying out Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses for the major professional accounting bodies in Malaysia. He has lectured both the basic and advanced modules of Malaysian taxation papers at a number of the leading accountancy colleges in Malaysia. His articles on Malaysian taxation have been featured in the Star, New Straits Times and other publications such as the quarterly magazine "Tax Nasional" issued by the Malaysian Institute of Taxation. Harvindar also serves as the Chief Examiner for one of the examination papers for the Malaysian Institute of Taxation (MIT) and also on the Technical Committee of MIT.