Technical Services Division (Secretariat Unit) Royal Malaysian Customs, Kuching, Sarawak / Nor Dalila Murtadza

Royal Malaysian Customs Department is a government agency that responsible for the administration of nation’s indirect tax policy. They hold important roles in ensuring the implementation of tax policies could be done in an effective and efficiently. In the era of Malacca Sultanate, the role of collecting the tax revenue was controlled by the Headman Treasurer. In the first document of legislative Customs, The Revenue Farms Enactment No.11, 1904, the Customs officers are given the responsibility of controlling the liquor import tax collection and opium sales through tax farming system. When Malaysia has achieved independence, Royal Malaysian Customs Department continues its tradition but with an increasingly important function as a nation’s revenue collector. This situation occurs as Malaysia was then free from colonialism and was highly dependent on the customs tax revenues to finance the development of the society. In recognition the roles of Royal Malaysian Customs Department towards the national economy, DYMM SPB Yang DiPertuan Agong has awarded JKDM the title 'Royal' on October 29, 1963. Today, JKDM deal with the challenges of globalization and trade liberalization. Besides permanently deals with the implementation of tax policies of the country at the best interest, JKDM also bound by the demands and standards of practice which set by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the World Customs Organization (WCO) and economic committees and the global trade that participated by Malaysia.