11.1.1 Taxpayers are required to keep sufficient records for a period of seven years from the end of the year to which income from the business relates, as provided under paragraph 82(1)(a) of the Act, to enable the DGIR to ascertain income or loss from the business. Subsection 82(8) further provides that all records relating to any business in Malaysia must be kept and retained in Malaysia. 'Records' under subsection 82(9) include books of accounts, invoices, vouchers, receipts and other documents necessary to verify entries in any books of accounts.

11.1.2 For transfer pricing purposes, a taxpayer who has entered into a transaction with an associated person in the basis year for a year of assessment is required to not only maintain the above records, but also prepare and keep contemporaneous documentations. Notwithstanding the exclusions under paragraph 1.3, the taxpayer is required to maintain contemporaneous documentation to assist in demonstrating whether the taxpayer's transfer pricing policy is appropriate for tax purposes. At the same time, this alleviates the risk of transfer pricing adjustment and has relevance to penalty consideration during a transfer pricing audit.