Mystery of the income that wasn’t

IN April 2017, I received a letter from the Inland Revenue Board Malaysia (IRBM) stating that I owed it a taxable amount of RM1,036.17 for the total income earned (RM33,731) for the year of assessment 2011.

Now that was very strange and puzzling as I have not worked since I retired 10 years ago!

On my visit to the KL Bandar branch of the IRBM, I supplied the officer investigating my case with photocopies of my tax documents that had been vetted, printed and stamped with the board’s official seal in 2012.

One of the documents showed that the board owed me money as there was a tax repayable amount for 2011! The investigating officer said she would get back to me with the result of her investigation.

Ten months went by but I never heard from her.

Then last month, I received another letter from the board (CP547X) stating that I still owed it RM1,036.17.

When I went to the KL Bandar branch again, the investigating officer asked for my 2011 EPF statement, which I provided. This was to support my statement that I was not working.

I received a letter from the board recently stating that instead of RM33,731, the 2011 income earned now showed zero and the case was closed. No explanation was given.

My question is “Where did the RM33,731 come from?”