On 26 November 2019, the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia published Public Ruling No. 6/2019 on the tax treatment of expenditure for repairs and renewals of assets. The Public Ruling includes that under subsection 33(1) of the Income Tax Act 1967 (ITA), an outgoing or an expense which is wholly and exclusively incurred in the production of gross income from a source by a person is generally allowable as a deduction against gross income from that source. However, the allowable expenses under subsection 33(1) of the ITA are subject to specific prohibitions under subsection 39(1) of the ITA. Generally, repairs...