cpifinancial.net - Malaysia’s
2012 Budget is to offer incentives boost Islamic finance, extending tax
breaks on Sukuk issuance for a further three-year period
Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said a tax deduction on expenses
incurred for Sukuk Wakala will be given for a three-year period from
2012 to encourage more Sukuk issuances. Najib said, "The income tax
exemption given for non-ringgit Sukuk issuance and transaction is
extended for another three years until the year of assessment 2014." (source)