Four students from the Faculty of Management (FOM) recently secured second place at the 2026 Innovation Tax Challenge organised by the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBMat Menara Hasil, Cyberjaya, Selangor. The team walked away with cash prize of RM1,500 for their achievement.
Organised by IRBM’s Digital Department, the competition brought together teams comprising staff members, media representatives and students from higher education institutions. Held in conjunction with IRBM’s 2026 Innovation and Integrity Day, this year’s competition carried the theme “For the Country, For the People, By the Achievers”, encouraging participants to work as a team and think creatively.
Officiated by Datuk Abu Tariq Jamaluddin, Chief Executive Officer of IRBM, the one-day competition featured a series of treasure hunt activities. Participants had to travel to different locations, solve clues, answer questions and complete various challenges along the way.
Among the activities were Route Hunt, which involved solving riddles, anagrams and word puzzles based on observations and signboards along the route, as well as Treasure Hunt and traditional games that tested participants’ ability to solve problems and work together.
Competing under the team name MMU Quadra, the students went up against nine teams from other public and private higher education institutions. The team members were Alvinraaj Singh, Amjad Ammar, Darwish Aiman and Mohamed Aiman Faisal Marican, all from the Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting programme at FOM. They were guided by their mentors, Ms. Rapiah Mohd Zaini and Ms. Azleen Shabrina from the same faculty.
Throughout the competition, the students drew on their accounting and tax knowledge while working together to complete the challenges. They also had to think quickly, communicate effectively and make decisions as a team, while keeping road safety in mind.
For the students, the competition offered a chance to put what they had learned in class into practice in a different setting. Their second-place finish added another achievement to FOM’s student accomplishments.
Well done!
