K. Sandra Segaran

Tax Consultant

Segaran began his career in Taxation with the Inland Revenue Board Malaysia (IRBM), where he served for 22 years in various branches and the headquarters of IRB.

He joined the private sector in 2006 and served as Technical Director and later as Executive Director in a big-4 firm, where he served 8 years, including a stint of 3 years as head of International Tax in the Malaysian practice. From consultancy, he moved on to the commercial sector when he joined PETRONAS as General Manager in the Group Tax, Finance Division. He retired from PETRONAS in 2021.

He is currently a licensed tax agent under the Income Tax Act 1967 and handles tax appeals and tax advisory.

Segaran is the consultant editor of Malaysia Master Tax Guide published by Wolters Kluwer since 2019 and the immediate past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Malaysian Tax Research Foundation (MTRF).

He is also an opinion leader in various tax issues and has appeared as an expert witness in tax trials at the Special Commissioners of Income Tax. Being a vibrant trainer, he has a great passion for Taxation and is deeply committed to continuous learning and guiding young minds on the intricacies and development of tax legislation and practice in Malaysia.

Segaran’s 40 years of tax experience covers a wide range of industries and legislation relating to all matters of Malaysian Taxation. On the professional front, he served as a council member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM) for 8 years from 2011 to 2019. In addition to serving in various subcommittees of CTIM, he headed the Editorial Committee and served as editor of Tax Guardian for 3 years, and headed the Examinations & Education Committee for 2 years. He continues to serve CTIM as a member of the Direct Tax Technical Committee and the Editorial Committee.

He is also a regular speaker and moderator at conferences organized by professional bodies and public seminars in Malaysia on various tax topics.

He was the co-organising Chairman of the 2019 National Tax Conference. He holds a degree in Economics (Business Administration), Bachelor of Jurisprudence (Hons), and MBA (Accountancy) from the University of Malaya.

Saiyid Abdallah Syakir AL-Edrus

Transfer Pricing Consultant

Saiyid has over 20 years of experience in all aspects of taxation, comprising of corporate tax compliance, advisory, international & cross border taxes, transfer pricing and indirect tax. Saiyid is focused in application and practice in transfer pricing, CbCR, Masterfile & BEPS2.0.
 

Saiyid has worked in two Big 4 accounting firms, 2 multinational corporations (“MNCs”) and 2 Government Linked Companies (“GLCs”) in various industries with over 8 years leading tax and transfer pricing teams, including cross functional teams and cross country tax teams.
 

During his stint in one of the Big 4, he led transfer pricing teams on domestic and cross border transfer pricing compliance and advisory engagements for GLC and MNC groups, covering various industries such as hospitality, energy, automotive, defence, shipping, managed services for hospitals, property development, corporate services, E&E manufacturing, port management, telecommunications, interior designs and retail.

He also led his teams on specialised assignments covering Master file and CbCR for Johorean clients and experienced in dealing with transfer pricing audits and investigations involving his clients.

He also spent 2 years as a resident TP director for Southern region (Johor and Melaka) based in Johor Bahru. He was responsible to grow Johor and Melaka’s TP market and achieved sales value target at least RM1.5million per annum.
 

Saiyid also has a rich experience working as an in-house tax expert, during his tenure with a prominent telecommunications GLC. As the in-house tax expert, he is the tax account manager for software development and cybersecurity businesses, where his responsibilities include tax compliance and advisory matters, withholding tax, service tax (bi-monthly SST02 returns & transactional advisory) and transfer pricing.

Being the transfer pricing subject matter expert of the group, he often led on assignments relating to advisory relating developing new charging mechanism, transfer price modelling, agreements and operationalising new charging mechanism. His proudest achievements while in working as the in-house tax expert were successes on implementing new charging mechanism across the group and inter-company loan pricing setting.

He is currently a licensed tax agent under the Income Tax Act 1967 and handles tax appeals and tax advisory.

Sirinjivi Vengadeson

Firm-wide manager

Sirinjivi Vengadeson, known professionally as Jivi, holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Finance with Honors from the University of Greenwich, UK. 

With over eleven (11) years of extensive experience in the fields of audit, tax, and accounting, Jivi joined our team two years ago, bringing a wealth of expertise to our organization.

Jivi specializes in audit and accounting, with a particular emphasis on ABSS (formerly known as MYOB) accounting software. His knowledge extends to the intricate requirements of International Standards on Auditing (ISA), Malaysian Private Entities Reporting Standard (MPERS), and Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards (MFRS). 
 

Jivi initially joined our team to spearhead audit execution, maintaining strict compliance with ISAs, MPERS, and MFRS.

He has since expanded his responsibilities to include overseeing e-invoice implementation and ensuring regulatory compliance across our client portfolio.

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