PUTRAJAYA has withdrawn its appeal against a High Court decision over a RM10.3 million suit filed against Najib Razak’s daughter Nooryana Najwa over unpaid income tax.

The government through the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) withdrew the appeal in the Court of Appeal without any cost.

According to The Edge, the hearing of the IRB’s appeal was originally fixed for today.

However, it is understood a notice of discontinuance of the appeal was filed by the IRB.

The media was informed by the Federal Court’s chief registrar’s office this morning that a notice of discontinuance had been filed by the lawyers of the case, which has now been removed from the registry.

The letter from the IRB stated that this was agreed to by the IRB and Nooryana Najwa’s solicitors Messrs Shafee & Co.

Another letter from the IRB to the appellate court yesterday stated that the parties had reached a settlement in the case, resulting in the notice of discontinuance being filed and agreed by both parties.

“Hence, we (the IRB) request that the hearing of this appeal as scheduled today (Wednesday) be vacated,” the letter signed by IRB counsel Ainur Mardhiah Ramli said.

On August 26, 2020, Shah Alam High Court judge Faizah Jamaludin dismissed the IRB’s application for a summary judgement to be entered against Nooryana Najwa for purported unpaid taxes as it found the IRB’s documentation to the court was not in order.

The government via the IRB was suing Nooryana Najwa for alleged failure to submit her individual income tax return forms to the tax agency under Section 77 of the Income Tax Act 1967 for seven years of assessment from 2011 to 2017.

The IRB had contended that to date, Nooryana Najwa has not paid the amount of income tax owed, including increases totalling RM10,335,292. – October 5, 2022.