Forgot to mention that the company paid RM 218 million dividend income (pg 92) to subsidiary companies (I guess.. it's important to find out who are the shareholders of those subsidiary companies as well).... Corporate income tax paid so little and dividend paid so much?? can like this meh hahahhaha... Dividend is supposed to be paid out from after tax profit figures.... so... in a way, the company secretary is also liable for failing to protect investors' and LHDN interest... Does ARB even has the right to have 'cloud cosec' service without SSM approval? Something to ponder upon

Hi felet404, have you noticed that ARB audit fee for the group & the company are of exorbitant prices?

Page 7 of the report mentioned:
"The auditors' remuneration of the Group and of the Company are amounted to RM1,065,000 (30.6.2022: RM444,000) and RM1,065,000 (30.6.2022: RM80,000) respectively during the financial period"

The hike in prices compared to 2022, this shows something..... the auditor is bearing a higher risk :X

I've checked other more legit software companies financial report from the same Main board.. Cuscapi for example, their audit fee ratio compared with their gross/net profits are way more reasonable.

Another interesting part will be on the corporate income tax paid. With a company that claims having hundred million of sales (RM 402 million from sales of good & IT service rendered), one would expect that it'll pay high corporate income tax as well..... but noopeeeeeeeeeee .... less than half of the fraction was paid.... and I highly suspect ARB's corporate tax computation weren't done properly.... The group's depreciation on PPE is freaking RM 130 million (pg 86) (one of the main contributors on where the money goes) and this depreciation amount is no where to be seen in the non-allowable expenses (FYI - depreciation is not tax deductible, can Google search LHDN for more info)... Thus, I can tell that there's no proper Transfer Pricing documentation for ARB & its related companies as well... If Bursa won't take action, then I suggest better to report the above points to LHDN instead :X

Hi all, purposely created this account today, just to reveal that @foojjpoo is actually Larry Liew. So yeah, he does come in and read comments it seems. Familiar with his speech & writing mannerisms. The word 'wirte' gave him out. Not a recommended counter.