Editor’s Message

First and foremost, on behalf of the IACS Council and staff, I wish all our Hindu members and their families a “Happy Deepavali 2024”

As all of you are aware, the Malaysian Business Reporting System (MBRS) 2.0 went live on 25th September 2024. Members are advised to download the MBRS Preparation Tool 2.0 (mTool 2.0) from SSM website (www.ssm.com.my) to make submission of documents via the MBRS Portal 2.0 (mPortal 2.0).

In view of the above development, IACS in collaboration with COMTRAC will be organizing a series of webinars/seminars on MBRS 2.0 (Annual Return and Financial Statements) in various locations, such as Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Melaka, Penang and Kuantan, as early as possible to cater to the needs of our members.  Members are strongly encouraged to attend our webinars/seminars to acquire an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the MBRS 2.0 system, and to be fully equipped in using the system. Do look up our training calendar at our website (www.iacs.org.my) which will be made available to you once the details have been finalized.

Our inaugural book publication, IACS Digest (Series) 1, is still available for sale. The IACS Digest contains various important articles selected from our official newsletter “The Approved Company Secretaries”, which will be handy as useful reference especially for the IACS practising members. This publication consists of quality articles on company law and practices, written by experienced practitioners, which are selected after the implementation date of the Companies Act, 2016 in January 2017 until 2022. If you would like to purchase the book, kindly call the Secretariat at 03-40513787 to get a copy of the order form.

In addition to the above, members are reminded to redeem their free webinars, which is an additional benefit for you. To reiterate, members who have attended four (4) webinars will be entitled to (1) free webinar which must be redeemed within twelve (12) months from the 1^st webinar attended. Kindly call the Secretariat to obtain the Webinar Redemption Form to redeem your free webinar.

Last but not least, the Institute welcomes any ideas or suggestions to increase the membership of IACS or any topics of interest for seminar. Kindly share your suggestions or ideas to us by emailing to [email protected]. Furthermore, members are encouraged to write to us on any technical or other operational issues as well as enquiries with SSM or other agencies, regarding the company law and corporate practical secretarial issues faced, so that the Technical Advisory Board may respond or discuss them at the proper forums or meetings, and will provide our comments accordingly.

We sincerely appreciate your continuous support. Take care and stay safe.