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Tax & Duties

Stamp duty, withholding tax, sales & service tax, digital tax, corporate income tax and income tax.

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Stamp duty

Information in this advisory includes:

  • Legal implications of the Stamp Duty
  • Types of Stamp Duty
  • Stamping procedure and duration

Witholding tax

Information in this advisory includes:

  • Payments subject to WHT
  • Expanded Scope of Withholding Tax and Exemption in 2017
  • Double Tax Treaties with Malaysia and Tax Relief
  • Contractual Protection of Payments

Sales & service tax

Information in this advisory includes:

  1. Definition
  2. Tax Rate
  3. Taxable Services and Goods
  4. Registration and Cancellation
  5. Accounting for SST

Digital tax

Information in this advisory includes:

  • Definitions
  • Rates
  • Taxable services
  • Service providers subject to taxation
  • Registration and its cancellation
  • Exemption

Corporate income tax

Information in this advisory includes:

  • Definition
  • Collection of tax and instalment payment
  • Tax rates for companies and unincorporated businesses

Income tax

Information in this advisory includes:

  • Conditions of being fully taxable
  • Taxable types of income
  • Taxation of persons residing in Malaysia
  • Taxation of persons not residing in Malaysia
  • Tax return
  • Tax advantages
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Precautions Against Fraud

Following recent incidents, we see it as our duty to issue the advisory below.

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Investment Rules

Documents relating to investing in property, bumiputera rights and financial system and banking regulations in Malaysia.

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Law & HR

Arbitration, Sale of Goods, IP Rights, Salary, Labour Costs and Employment Law in Malaysia.

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Secondment & Visa

Secondment to Malaysia, Visa Regulations in Malaysia, Short-Term Malaysian Visas

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Living in Malaysia

Living Costs in Malaysia (as of December 2024)