The Securities Commission (SC) has approved the application of Japan Asia Investment Co Ltd (JAIC), one of the largest venture capital companies (VCCs) in Japan, to undertake activities in Malaysia. The rationale according to SC chairman Datuk Zarinah Anwar is to give the local venture capital market greater depth and breath to the pool of […]

As the taxable profit is computed based on taxation laws which differ from the accounting policies applied to determine the accounting profit, hence the taxable profit and accounting profit can differ. The difference between taxable profit and accounting profit can be classified into:

permanent differences
timing differences

This articles looks at the aforesaid differences and their impact on […]

At a ceremony on August 13, 2007 at Le Meridian Kuala Lumpur attended by  Dato’ Nordin Baharuddin , MICPA President and Mrs Gillian Ball, ACCA President, a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) was signed by The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) with the following details:

provides a […]

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has appointed Helen Brand as its new chief executive officer effective Sept 1. Brand replaces Allen Blewitt, who returned to after being based at the association’s headquarters in London the last five years.
According to the new CEO:

She aims to maintain ACCA’s position as the lead global accountancy body […]