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IRB: FB post claiming taxes recorded according to race is a scam

IRB: FB post claiming taxes recorded according to race is a scam

Racial and religious issues have been dominating the Malaysian political and social platforms recently.

While most of us hope the kerfuffle will die down soon (because while y’all busy being angry, no one is reading our awesome articles about other topics!), it appears that there are others who continue to stoke the fires of division.

Today (Aug 28) the Inland Revenue Board had to release a statement denying a viral claim on social media about how data of taxpayers are collected according to race.

“Based on the standard operating procedure (SOP), information pertaining to taxpayers and data concerning tax collection are not recorded based on race.

“IRB would like to stress that the data which is going viral on social media is not true nor is the information from IRB.

“Therefore, IRB wishes to advise the people not to spread inaccurate information to avoid misunderstanding,” 

IRB’s statement via Malaysiakini

The fake news reportedly first appeared on Facebook by an account called “Shuib Post” with the caption: “Siapa kata bangsa Cina & India banyak bayar cukai dekat kerajaan? (Who says the Chinese and Indians pay the most taxes to the government?).”

You can take a look at the full Facebook post below:

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