Jason Tan Jia Xin

Partner

Tax, Customs & Trade

Get in touch

Jason Tan Jia Xin

Partner

Tax, Customs & Trade

Get in touch

Share

"Jason Tan Jia Xin handles cases with professionalism, proactive and very patience to clients."

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2025

"He has great understanding of tax-related matters and is very accommodating towards clients."

Chambers Asia-Pacific, 2025

"He demonstrated the ability to identify and analyse properly legal issues that arise and come up with proper solutions. Overall quality of work and output meets expectation."

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, 2024

Jason’s primary area of practice is income tax and customs litigation, trade remedy investigations, tax and customs investigations and trade facilitation.

He has been involved in many of the largest income tax and customs disputes before all levels of Court on major points of tax law. The disputes involve issues on transfer pricing, stamp duty, withholding tax, income recognition, capital allowance, reinvestment allowance, double taxation agreements, deductibility of expenditure, excise valuation and customs procedures.

Jason also represents a sizeable number of manufacturers in local and foreign trade remedy investigations such as anti-dumping, safeguard duties, countervailing duties and anti-circumvention investigations.

He is also particularly active on issues relating to excise duty valuation, import and export controls, customs compliance, international trade regulations, customs valuation, sales and services tax and customs penalties.

Jason is a regular speaker on the tax scene on issues relating to income tax and customs. Jason was recently recognised as a “Leading Partner” by the Tax practice in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025, and was acknowledged as a “Future Star” in the Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2025 rankings, and honoured with the recognition of “Top 40 Under 40” for Tax by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards 2024. Jason is also recently ranked as a “Band 4” practitioner in the tax practice by the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025 rankings, as well as a “Notable Practitioner” by asialaw 2025. Jason has also been acknowledged as a “Highly Regarded Practitioner” for Indirect Tax and Tax Controversy by ITR World Tax 2025 Rankings.

Jason has contributed to the Malaysian chapter of the Tax Disputes and Litigation Review (11th Edition, 2023), and to the Malaysian Chapter of the Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Tax Controversy 2024, as well published “Spotlight on Malaysian Tax Disputes”, in collaboration with Sweet & Maxwell (2024).

Jason’s primary area of practice is income tax and customs litigation, trade remedy investigations, tax and customs investigations and trade facilitation.

He has been involved in many of the largest income tax and customs disputes before all levels of Court on major points of tax law. The disputes involve issues on transfer pricing, stamp duty, withholding tax, income recognition, capital allowance, reinvestment allowance, double taxation agreements, deductibility of expenditure, excise valuation and customs procedures.

Jason also represents a sizeable number of manufacturers in local and foreign trade remedy investigations such as anti-dumping, safeguard duties, countervailing duties and anti-circumvention investigations.

He is also particularly active on issues relating to excise duty valuation, import and export controls, customs compliance, international trade regulations, customs valuation, sales and services tax and customs penalties.

Jason is a regular speaker on the tax scene on issues relating to income tax and customs. Jason was recently recognised as a “Leading Partner” by the Tax practice in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025, and was acknowledged as a “Future Star” in the Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2025 rankings, and honoured with the recognition of “Top 40 Under 40” for Tax by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards 2024. Jason is also recently ranked as a “Band 4” practitioner in the tax practice by the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025 rankings, as well as a “Notable Practitioner” by asialaw 2025. Jason has also been acknowledged as a “Highly Regarded Practitioner” for Indirect Tax and Tax Controversy by ITR World Tax 2025 Rankings.

Jason has contributed to the Malaysian chapter of the Tax Disputes and Litigation Review (11th Edition, 2023), and to the Malaysian Chapter of the Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Tax Controversy 2024, as well published “Spotlight on Malaysian Tax Disputes”, in collaboration with Sweet & Maxwell (2024).

  • Income Tax Disputes
  • Customs Disputes and Audits
  • Transfer Pricing
  • Stamp Duty
  • Trade Remedies
  • Anti-dumping Duties and Countervailing Measures
  • Safeguard Duties
  • Non-Tariff Barriers
  • Trade Facilitation
  • LLB (Hons), Cardiff University
  • Called to the Bar of England and Wales (Lincoln’s Inn)
  • Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya

Related Insights

News

LHAG Ranked Tier 1 in Tax Controversy in the 2026 ITR World Tax Rankings

October 30, 2025

News

LHAG Ranked Tier 1 in Tax Controversy in the 2026 ITR World Tax Rankings

October 30, 2025

News

LHAG Ranks in asialaw 2025 Edition

October 24, 2025

News

LHAG Ranks in asialaw 2025 Edition

October 24, 2025

Legal Insight

[TAX, CUSTOMS & TRADE] Special Alert: Budget 2026 Sectoral Infographic

October 14, 2025

Legal Insight

[TAX, CUSTOMS & TRADE] Special Alert: Budget 2026 Sectoral Infographic

October 14, 2025

News

LHAG Partners to Speak on Budget 2026 & Emerging Tax Trends

October 9, 2025

News

LHAG Partners to Speak on Budget 2026 & Emerging Tax Trends

October 9, 2025

News

LHAG Recognised as Malaysia Indirect Tax Firm of the Year at ITR Awards 2025

September 29, 2025

News

LHAG Recognised as Malaysia Indirect Tax Firm of the Year at ITR Awards 2025

September 29, 2025

Legal Insight

[TAX, CUSTOMS & TRADE] Provisional Anti-Dumping Duties Imposed on Galvanised Steel Imports from China, Korea, and Vietnam Following Affirmative Preliminary Determination by the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry

July 7, 2025

Legal Insight

[TAX, CUSTOMS & TRADE] Provisional Anti-Dumping Duties Imposed on Galvanised Steel Imports from China, Korea, and Vietnam Following Affirmative Preliminary Determination by the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry

July 7, 2025

News

Lexology In Depth: Tax Disputes and Litigation 2025

June 26, 2025

News

Lexology In Depth: Tax Disputes and Litigation 2025

June 26, 2025

Legal Insight

[TAX, CUSTOMS & TRADE] Special Alert: Stamp Duty Treatment for Employment Contracts

June 6, 2025

Legal Insight

[TAX, CUSTOMS & TRADE] Special Alert: Stamp Duty Treatment for Employment Contracts

June 6, 2025

Legal Insight

[TAX, CUSTOMS & TRADE] Final Anti-Dumping Duties Imposed on Electrolytic Tinplate from China, Korea, Japan, and India – Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry Affirmative Final Determination

May 22, 2025

Legal Insight

[TAX, CUSTOMS & TRADE] Final Anti-Dumping Duties Imposed on Electrolytic Tinplate from China, Korea, Japan, and India – Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry Affirmative Final Determination

May 22, 2025

News

LHAG Secures Continued Recognition in Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2025

May 8, 2025

News

LHAG Secures Continued Recognition in Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2025

May 8, 2025

News

LHAG Partners to Speak at REHDA Johor Seminar on Stamp Duty, Recent Tax Cases & Navigating Land Disputes

April 18, 2025

News

LHAG Partners to Speak at REHDA Johor Seminar on Stamp Duty, Recent Tax Cases & Navigating Land Disputes

April 18, 2025

Legal Insight

[TAX, CUSTOMS & TRADE] The Discounted 24% Reciprocal Tariff: What Matters and What Doesn’t

April 3, 2025

Legal Insight

[TAX, CUSTOMS & TRADE] The Discounted 24% Reciprocal Tariff: What Matters and What Doesn’t

April 3, 2025

News

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025: LHAG Continues to Flourish

January 17, 2025

News

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025: LHAG Continues to Flourish

January 17, 2025

News

Celebrating Excellence: LHAG in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025

January 3, 2025

News

Celebrating Excellence: LHAG in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025

January 3, 2025

News

Spotlight on Malaysian Tax Disputes

November 6, 2024

News

Spotlight on Malaysian Tax Disputes

November 6, 2024

News

LHAG Tax Partners to Speak on Budget 2025 and Recent Tax Developments

November 1, 2024

News

LHAG Tax Partners to Speak on Budget 2025 and Recent Tax Developments

November 1, 2024

Legal Insight

[TAX, CUSTOMS & TRADE] Special Alert: Budget 2025 Sectoral Infographic

October 23, 2024

Legal Insight

[TAX, CUSTOMS & TRADE] Special Alert: Budget 2025 Sectoral Infographic

October 23, 2024

News

LHAG Ranks in asialaw 2024 Edition

September 20, 2024

News

LHAG Ranks in asialaw 2024 Edition

September 20, 2024

News

LHAG Ranked in the 2025 ITR World Tax Rankings

September 6, 2024

News

LHAG Ranked in the 2025 ITR World Tax Rankings

September 6, 2024

Legal Insight

[TAX, CUSTOMS & TRADE] Special Alert: Intercompany Financing & Borrowings in Tax Audits by the IRB: A Looming and Real Threat

August 20, 2024

Legal Insight

[TAX, CUSTOMS & TRADE] Special Alert: Intercompany Financing & Borrowings in Tax Audits by the IRB: A Looming and Real Threat

August 20, 2024

Our lawyers are committed individuals who thrive on challenges.

Learn more about them and how they can assist you.