The Inland Revenue Board’s (IRB) attempt to collect RM10.3 million in purported tax arrears from Nooryana Najwa Najib has been “resolved”.

This followed the withdrawal of the IRB’s appeal against a High Court decision on Aug 26, 2020 to not grant a summary judgment against Nooryana.

The appeal was supposed to be heard today.

According to Nooryana’s lawyer Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee, there is still a pending suit initiated by the IRB against Nooryana at the Shah Alam High Court.

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“Overall, the tax issue has been resolved. In regards to the Shah Alam suit, the trial dates have been vacated but the formal withdrawal process has not been finished yet,” he said.

On Aug 26, 2019, the IRB filed the suit to collect RM10.3 million from Nooryana for unpaid taxes between 2011 and 2017.

She has repeatedly said the IRB was trying to tax her over money given to her by her husband and his family.

In an Instagram post today, Nooryana said her case has been “settled”.

“We had already settled my tax case after my tax agents and IRB went through my case and they finally agreed that wang hantaran, 'nafkah' from my husband, and a house fully purchased by my in-laws using funds from abroad are not taxable.

“Just like my father’s nonsensical RM1.7 billion tax case, the then Pakatan Harapan government’s sole objective was to persecute my family using LHDN (IRB) even if it meant breaking all laws and rules, relying on abusing the ‘pay first, talk later’ clause,” she wrote.

The IRB is currently pursuing a similar suit against Nooryana’s father Najib Abdul Razak and stepbrother Mohd Nazifuddin.

Both Najib and Nazifuddin are appealing against summary judgments secured by the IRB which ordered them to pay RM1.69 billion and RM37.6 million respectively.

Nooryana’s other stepbrother Mohd Nizar reached a settlement with the IRB, which sought arrears of RM13.16 million.

According to Najib, Nizar had to pay “far, far, far less” than what was being sought by the IRB. - Mkini