Personal Tax
Malaysia individual tax deduction – Broadband subscription fee for YA2010 to YA2012
Malaysia Inland Revenue Board (IRB) on 12 April 2011 issued a Technical Guideline on personal tax relief or deduction on the broadband subscription fee. It clarifies that individual (employee) who receives benefit on using...
Get your tax refund within 30 days if you use e-Filing
TAXPAYERS using e-Filing will be getting their refund credited directly into their bank accounts within 30 days after the declaration is made.
Inland Revenue Board (IRB) public relations officer Masrun Maslim said the refund would...
4 Tips to help keep you on correct path to income tax filing
IT'S tax season again!
Unfortunately, however, the filing procedure tends to end up being a truly “taxing” period for many individuals.
We've all heard the horror stories of people failing or forgetting (be it willingly or...
Due Day Extended for Personal Tax Submission: 15 May 2013 (E-Filing Only)
Inland Revenue Board (LHDN, Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri) has extended the deadline for personal tax return submission and balance of tax payment for employment income to 15 May 2013.
The extension of due date is...
Budget 2014: Personal tax reduced in 2015
Upon the implementation of GST in April 2015, the Government is committed to provide various forms of assistance to the rakyat during and after the GST implementation. One of the significant measure is to...
If you claim tax reliefs, make sure you keep all the receipts (for 7...
Every tax payers are allowed to claim tax reliefs to set-off against their employment or business income when calculating their personal tax.
However, based on our experience, most of the tax payers have easily believed...
Budget 2014: Special personal tax relief RM2,000
As announced in Budget 2014 and to increase the disposable income of the middle income group, a special one-off personal tax relief of RM2,000 will be given to resident tax payers earning up to...
Malaysian Personal Income Tax Rates & Table 2009
Every individual is subject to tax on income earned in Malaysia or received in Malaysia from outside Malaysia. Income earned in oversea remitted to Malaysia by a resident individual is exempted from tax.
A non-resident...
Employee Benefits and Income earned by Staff exempted from Income Tax
With effect from YA 2008, employees are given tax exemption on allowances, benefits in kind and perquisites that received from their employer as follows:
(a) perquisites in relation to travel allowance, petrol card, petrol allowance...
Malaysia Individual Personal Tax Relief for YA 2010 & YA2011 (both years are same)
Individual personal tax relief is only available for individuals who are considered tax resident in Malaysia. No tax relief is available for non-tax residents. Generally rule is, a person is a Malaysia tax resident...