
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 26): Hartalega Holdings Bhd (KL:HARTA) said it has secured the court’s permission to challenge additional tax bills totalling more than RM100 million issued by the Inland Revenue Board.
The High Court has granted the group leave to commence the judicial review and fixed the hearing for Sept 18, the glovemaker said in a bourse filing on Tuesday.
In the meantime, an ad interim stay of enforcement of the additional assessments was also granted.
The additional assessments issued against Hartalega's wholly owned unit Hartalega NGC Sdn Bhd comprised RM13.92 million for 2017, RM36.35 million for 2018, RM10,695 for 2019, RM32.89 million for 2020, RM18.10 million for 2021 and RM90,624 for 2022.
Hartalega NGC houses the group's Next Generation Integrated Glove Manufacturing Complex (NGC) in Sepang.
According to Hartalega's latest annual report, construction of the complex started in 2013, with various plants completed over the years — the sixth and latest being in 2020.
Shares in Hartalega ended two sen or 1.64% lower at RM1.20, valuing the group at RM4.1 billion.