<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (March 14): KPMG Malaysia has appointed Dr Veerinderjeet Singh as its senior adviser on tax policy, effective March 1, 2024.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>In a statement on Thursday, it said Veerinderjeet has over 40 years of experience in tax management across the public sector, academia, professional firms, and the corporate sector. He was appointed by the Ministry of Finance as part of the Tax Reform Committee from 2018 to 2020.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Currently, Veerinderjeet holds several key positions, serving as the Chair of the Ethics Standards Board of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), a council member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA), and an executive committee member of the International Fiscal Association (Malaysia Branch).</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Prior to the appointment, he held numerous high ranking executive positions including non-executive chairman of Tricor Malaysia, executive chairman of Axcelasia Inc, and chairman of Taxand Malaysia. &nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“As a senior adviser for the firm, [Veerinderjeet] will be supporting KPMG and the wider business community in managing the increasingly complicated tax landscape. His wealth of experience will enhance the value of KPMG’s tax advisory offering to our clients,” KPMG Malaysia managing partner Datuk Johan Idris said.</p></div>


KPMG Malaysia has appointed Dr Veerinderjeet Singh as its senior adviser on tax policy, effective March 1, 2024.

In a statement on Thursday, it said Veerinderjeet has over 40 years of experience in tax management across the public sector, academia, professional firms, and the corporate sector.

KPMG Malaysia appoints Veerinderjeet Singh as senior adviser on tax policy

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<p>Various positive indicators have boosted confidence in the national growth outlook, including the recovery of the ringgit, inflation remaining manageable, and unemployment staying low, according to Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.</p>


<p>US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told <em>Reuters </em>on Friday that the US is looking at further sanctions on "dark fleet" tankers and will not rule out sanctions on Chinese banks as it seeks to reduce Russia's oil revenue and access to foreign supplies to fuel its war in Ukraine.</p>


<p>Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) is expected to start issuing offer letters to selected prospective pilgrims for the 1446H/2025M hajj season starting Monday (Dec 16).</p>


<p>Blogger Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, better known as 'Papagomo', who was detained to assist in an investigation into a fraud case involving the misuse of a company's name for fundraising, was released on police bail on Friday.</p>


<p>MicroStrategy will be added to the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 Index, the exchange operator said on Friday, following a meteoric surge in the shares of the bitcoin buyer.</p>


<p>The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) will reintroduce special zones for the sale of non-subsidised controlled goods in border areas to address leakages.</p>


<p>Moody’s Ratings cut France’s credit grade, heaping pressure on the new government to bring a ballooning deficit under control after far-right leader Marine Le Pen toppled the previous prime minister over a budget dispute.</p>


<p>It should not have come as such a surprise that US voters were largely unmoved by the Democrats’ warnings that Donald Trump poses a grave threat to American institutions. In a January 2024 Gallup <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/548120/record-low-satisfied-democracy-working.aspx" target="_blank">poll</a>, only 28% of Americans (a record low) said that they were satisfied with “the way US democracy is working.”</p>
