John, an American engineer, arrived in Malaysia on a five year contract with a multi-national corporation based in Kuala Lumpur on 1 October 2008. His pattern of stay is as follows:

Dates Place of stay Number of days

1.10.2008- 31.12.2008 in Malaysia 92

1.1.2009 - 31.1.2009 in Malaysia 31

1.2.2009 - 14.2.2009 in the United States

(visit family) 14

15.2.2009 - 31.7.2009 in Malaysia 167

1.8.2009 - 7.8.2009 in Singapore 7

8.8.2009 - 31.12.2009 in Malaysia 146

1.1.2010 - 31.1.2010 in Malaysia 31

1.2.2010 - 31.5.2010 in United Kingdom

(official) 120

1.6.2010 - 31.7.2010 in Malaysia 61

1.8.2010 - 30.10.2010 in the United States

(official) 91

31.10.2010- 31.12.2010 in Malaysia 62

1.1.2011 - 30.4.2011 in Tokyo

(official) 121

1.5.2011 - 31.7.2011 in Malaysia 92

1.8.2011 - 31.12 2011 in the United States

(official) 153

1.1.2013 -1.5.2013 Malaysia 121

1.1.2014 - 28.2.14 Malaysia 60

Mr Edisons wife became seriously ill with cancer in July 2009 and had to go for treatment in Singapore in August 2009.

He terminated his contract prematurely and left Malaysia for good on 28 February 2014 to the United States as he wanted to spend more time with his wife and family.

Required:

Determine the residence status of John Edison for the years 2008 to 2014.

P/s : EXAMPLE ANSWER WILL BE IN TABLE LIKE I HAVE PREPARED BELOW . THANK YOU .

Year	Total days present in Malaysia	Status resident or non-resident	Section Section 7(1)(a) / Section 7(1)(b) / Section 7(1)(c) / Section 7(1)(d)	Explanation
2014	181 Days	Non resident	Section 7(1)	Renuka is not considered as the resident of Malaysia for tax purposes as she had lived in Malaysia for 181 days only in 2014.
2015	170 Days	Non resident	Section 7 (1)	Renuka is not considered as the resident as he had lived for less than 90 days.