The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has finalised a report on the Royal Malaysian Police and the Royal Malaysian Customs Department and another on the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) to be tabled at the Dewan Rakyat in June.

Its chairperson, Nur Jazlan Mohamed, said he was satisfied with the reports, which also contained feedbacks from the top officers such as the inspector-general of police.

"We are also giving some recommendations on improvements needed to be done so that the weaknesses do not recur in future," he told Bernama after chairing a two-day PAC meeting at Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

On the IRB report, he said it focussed on aspects such as collection and tax arrears that should be fair to taxpayers, apart from abuse of power in carrying out the tasks.

On the Accrual Accounting System (SPA), which will be implemented in stages by the federal and state governments starting 2015, he said it emphasised on detailed disclosures of financial management and records.

Meanwhile, Nur Jazlan believed that information technology (IT) system used by the Customs Department would simplify collection of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

"The collection will be more transparent with the use of IT. So we want to ensure better planning is made by the Customs Department by taking various factors into account and avoiding weaknesses.

"The Customs Department should learn from other countries on the GST implementation and avoid the pitfalls from happening here," he said.

The government will implement the Goods and Services Tax (GST), effective April 1, 2015 at a fixed rate of six percent to replace the sales and services tax at 16 percent.

On the missing police assets pointed out in the Auditor-General's Report 2012, he said it could be solved if the government were to approve the police's proposal.

"The measures proposed by the police have yet to be approved. As procurement of assets involves huge expenses, payments can be made by instalments, instead of paying 100 percent for them. But the scheme has to be approved by the Finance Ministry first," he added.

Nur Jazlan said two more reports, a school security system and the commissioning of the Research Vessel Discovery by Universiti Malaysia Terengganu by the Education Ministry and another on the construction of an incinerator by the Urban Well-being, Housing and Local Government Ministry, would be finalised next week.

- Bernama