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IRB to change operating hours for Ramadan

Service counters open 8am-4.30pm on working days during fasting month

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 22 Mar 2023 5:54PM

IRB to change operating hours for Ramadan
For Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, and Johor, Inland Revenue Board service counters will be open 8am to 4.30pm from Sunday to Wednesday. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes file pic, March 22, 2023

PUTRAJAYA – The operating hours for Inland Revenue Board (IRB) service counters will be from 8am to 4.30pm from Monday to Friday during Ramadan, except in Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, and Johor.

In a statement today, the IRB said that for the four states, the counters will operate from 8am to 4.30 pm from Sunday to Wednesday, while on Thursday it is set from 8am to 3pm.

“The change in operating hours involves the negotiation service counter (taxation), satellite office, stamp duty, and special government assistance (rahmah cash donation),” he said.

It also said that the operating hours for the IRB’s e-Appointment for services at the negotiation service counter (taxation) and satellite offices in all states are from 8am to noon, while the acceptance of payments at stamp duty counters is only set till noon. 

The HASiL Care Line service will start from 9am to 4.30pm and the telephone service will start from 8am to 4.30pm, except on Thursday in Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, and Johor where operations will be from 8am to 3pm.

The IRB said its receipt management centres in Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, and Kuching will operate from 8am to 3pm for cash services while non-cash services are from 8am to 3.30pm.

Meanwhile, the operating hours at all Urban Transformation Centres (UTC) nationwide from today until April 20 are from 8am to 4.30pm from Monday to Sunday.

UTC operations on Fridays are from 8am to 12.15pm for the peninsula, Sarawak (8am to 11.45am), and Sabah and Labuan (8am to 11.30am). – Bernama, March 22, 2023

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