It depends on how much tax saving (refund) this RM 3k of tax relief can offer.

Usually tax saving is greater when you're at the tax bracket boundary; i.e. RM 3k relief can lower your tax bracket from the higher tax bracket.

Hope you get what I'm trying to explain up there!

Guys. Anyone receive an email for lhdn stating that they overpaid the cukai bayar balik? I've just received it this morning. Wtf Wei. My payback amount is 577 only. They want to audit it.

What kind of answer are you expecting? Just schedule the audit session and clarify for the audit reason.

Unless you got things to hide.

Not sure if tis story is relevant.........
Few yrars ago. I was asked to go present receipts to lhdn before they can approve stated overpaid amount ..while there, the officer ask me to go do efilling instead of manuall submission. He said for efiiling, lhdn will do refund 1st before audit. While for manual filling, is audit b4 refund......

Just to correct some of your statement(basically are right) :
manual input, audit before refund.
e-filing, refund and randomly being pick for audit.
Both ways also you shall not over claim or claim wrongly as this will lead them to audit you.