This is a reminder last CALL for you to optimize your 2012 tax. IRB may actually pay you a bonus this year !
Monday, November 19, 2012
Have you optimized your 2012 tax ? Last call !
This is a reminder last CALL for you to optimize your 2012 tax. IRB may actually pay you a bonus this year !
Saturday, September 10, 2011
GST : What can we do ?
Everyone who wants to adapt to GST need to produce REAL values to the people by large around his society.
In business we will need to sell something that people really need instead of just manipulating and deceiving the market. When you provide what people really need, GST actually helps you reduce cost, hence your profit goes up without even raising your selling price. If you are too creative in what you are selling, you will have to increase your price to keep what you are earning now when GST comes. You will have to harvest more money from the public without giving them any extra values. You just provide value with the few parties you make deal with, just like the primary school friend of the fisherman story.
In addition to that, you should create your own merchandise or at least shorten the distribution channel as much as possible ie. import the goods yourself. Before GST, importing the goods yourself may mean extra profits but with GST in place, importing directly is essential for survival. The best is to 'produce' your own goods. For example, I buy seeds and soil to grow my own papaya which is extra juicy naturally. The seeds and soil may be the same as all my competitors but 'the way' I grow my papaya is unique. If general public like that, I have created value directly. GST will be in favour of me in this case. This is significantly different than the typical trading business ie. I bought a papaya from central market and sell it in my village.
If you are just having a job, then there is less you can do to combat with GST. In short, GST will still drive inflation up and your 'saving' will have a higher return target (saving return should be higher than inflation). If you don't think your next few years job earning can increase 4-6% annually, then this is the time you seriously think what real values you can produce for the people around you; be it still within the job market or starting your own business.
If all of us are creating values for each other, implementation of GST will be in favour of us. We should all seriously think about that and start making something of our own be it making cloth, growing food, making shelters or transport.
Creating a self sustain eco system within yourself will seal yourself from any negative effect of GST. This can be done in a small way, ie, within your families, friends or just neighbours and villages.
Consuming wise, if you see price hike due to GST without any additional values, you should now very well aware that it is because that business is NOT well managed or there are some cronyism within that business.
So what value are you going to add to your community to seal yourself from GST ? Or will you just sit through complaining about this one as well ?
This article was suppose to be read in this sequence.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Widget : How Much Tax Can I Save ?
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Income Tax : Plan vs Not, how much difference ?

Income Tax, to plan or not to plan. Or more precisely, plan now before year end or only worry about it when you file tax next year ... How much is the difference actually ?
- buy a $1,600 life insurance
- pay $5,000 for my parent medication
- buy $1,00 reading materials
- ...
Annual Income | $40,000.00 | |||||
POTONGAN | Best Case | Min Case | ||||
1 | Individu dan saudara tanggungan | 9000 | 9,000.00 | 9,000.00 | ||
20 | Insuran nyawa dan KWSP | 6,000 (Terhad) | 6,000.00 | 4,400.00 | 1600 | |
2 | Perbelanjaan Perubatan Ibu Bapa | 5,000 (Terhad) | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | 5000 | |
5 | Yuran Pendidikan (Sendiri) | 5,000 (Terhad) | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | 5000 | |
7 | Pemeriksaan perubatan penuh | 500 (Terhad) | 500.00 | 0.00 | 500 | |
8 | Pembelian buku, majalah, jurnal dan penerbitan | 1,000 (Terhad) | 1,000.00 | 0.00 | 1000 | |
9 | Pembelian komputer peribadi untuk individu | 3,000 (Terhad) | 3,000.00 | 0.00 | 3000 | |
10 | Tabungan bersih dalam skim SSPN | 3,000 (Terhad) | 3,000.00 | 0.00 | 3000 | |
11 | Pembelian peralatan sukan untuk aktiviti sukan | 300 (Terhad) | 300.00 | 0.00 | 300 | |
12 | Yuran langganan Jalur Lebar | 500 (Terhad) | 500.00 | 0.00 | 500 | |
22 | Insurans pendidikan dan perubatan | 3,000 (Terhad) | 3,000.00 | 0.00 | 3000 | |
3 | Peralatan Sokongan Asas | 5,000 (Terhad) | ||||
4 | Individu Kurang Upaya | 6000 | ||||
6 | Perbelanjaan perubatan penyakit yang sukar diubati | 5,000 (Terhad) | ||||
13 | Faedah pembelian rumah … | 10,000 (Terhad) | ||||
14 | Suami/Isteri/Bayaran alimoni kepada bekas isteri | 3,000 (Terhad) | ||||
15 | Suami/Isteri kurang upaya | 3500 | ||||
16 | Anak di bawah umur 18 tahun | 1000 | ||||
17 | Anak menerima pendidikan sepenuh masa | 1000 | ||||
18 | Anak diploma Ijazah | 4000 | ||||
19 | Anak Kurang upaya | 5000 | ||||
21 | Skim anuiti | 1,000 (Terhad) | ||||
36,300.00 | 13,400.00 | $22,900.00 | ||||
Taxable Income | $3,700.00 | $26,600.00 | ||||
Tax Saving | ||||||
Tax Payable | $12.00 | $937.00 | $925.00 |
Saturday, May 21, 2011
A Perfect World



Friday, May 13, 2011
the Magic of GST - reveal !
- Tax payers will pay less tax
- Industries will save money
- Government can earn more money


This article was suppose to be read in this sequence.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
the sides of GST

- Tax payers will pay less tax
- Industries will save money
- Government can earn more money ( diversify income actually )
- GST will not impact inflation etc.
This article was suppose to be read in this sequence.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Individual Income Tax Relief 2010
List of Tax Relief for Resident Individual 2010
No. | Individual Relief Types | Amount (RM) |
1 | Self and Dependent | 9,000 |
2 | Medical expenses for parents | 5,000 (Limited) |
3 | Basic supporting equipment | 5,000 (Limited) |
4 | Disabled Individual | 6,000 |
5 | Education Fees (Individual) | 5,000 (Limited) |
6 | Medical expenses for serious diseases | 5,000 (Limited) |
7 | Complete medical examination | 5,00 (Limited) |
8 | Purchase of books, journals and magazines | 1,000 (Limited) |
9 | Purchase of personal computer | 3,000 (Limited) |
10 | Net saving in SSPN's scheme | 3,000 (Limited) |
11 | Purchase of sport equipment for sport activities | 300 (Limited) |
12 | Subscription fees for broadband registered in the name of the individual. | 500 (Limited) |
13 | Interest expended to finance purchase of residential property. Relief of up to RM10000 a year for three consecutive years from the first year the interest is paid. (i) the taxpayer is a Malaysian citizen and a resident; | 10,000 (Limited) |
14 | Husband/Wife/Alimony Payments | 3,000 (Limited) |
15 | Disable Wife/Husband | 3,500 |
16 | Ordinary Child relief | 1,000 |
17 | Child age 18 years old and above, not married and receiving full-time tertiary education | 1,000 |
18 | Child age 18 years old and above, not married and pursuing diplomas or above qualification in Malaysia @ bachelor degree or above outside Malaysia in program and in Higher Education Institute that is accredited by related Government authorities | 4,000 |
19 | Disabled child | 5,000 |
20 | Life insurance dan EPF | 6,000 (Limited) |
21 | Premium on new annuity scheme or additional premium paid on existing annuity scheme commencing payment from 01/01/2010 (amount exceeding RM1000 can be claimed together with life insurance premium) | 1,000 (Limited) |
22 | Insurance premium for education or medical benefit | 3,000 (Limited) |
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Individual Tax exemption in Malaysia
- maternity expenses, traditional medicines exemption are UNLIMITED !
- if you were terminated with compensation, some are exempted !
- Scholarship is exempted, so study Hard !
- Income derived and remitted from oversea is exempted, so globalize your business !

Leave passage
Leave passage within Malaysia not exceeding three times in a year and one leave passage outside Malaysia not exceeding RM3000.
Medical and dental benefit
With effect from the year of assessment 2008, medical benefits exempted from tax is expanded to include maternity expenses and traditional medicine like ayurvedic and acupuncture without limit.
Retirement gratuity
The full amount of gratuity received by an employee on retirement from employment is exempt if:
i. The Director General of Inland Revenue is satisfied that the retirement is due to ill health;
ii. Retirement on or after reaching the age of 55 years/compulsory age of retirement and the individual has worked 10 years continuously with the same employer or companies within the same group
iii. The retirement takes place on reaching the compulsory age of retirement pursuant to a contract of employment or collective agreement at the age of 50 but before 55 and that employment has lasted for 10 years with the same employer or with companies in the same group.
Gratuity paid out of public funds
Gratuity paid out of public funds on retirement from an employment under any written law.
Gratuity paid to a contract officer
Gratuity paid out of public funds to a contract officer on termination of a contract of employment regardless of whether the contract is renewed or not.Compensation for Loss of Employment
This is payment made by an employer to his employee as compensation for loss of employment either before or after the date of termination.
This compensation is exempted from tax
- If compensation received is due to ill health
- Compensation received in other cases:
- Termination before 1st July 2008 - exemption of RM6000 for every completed year of service with the same employer or with companies in the same group
- Termination on or after 1st July 2008 - exemption of RM10000 for every completed year of service with the same employer or with companies in the same group
Compensation received by a director (not service director) of a Control Company is fully taxable.
Pensions
Pensions received by an individual are exempt under the following conditions:
He retires at the age of 55 or at the compulsory age of retirement under any written law; or
If the retirement is due to ill health and the pension is received from the government or from an approved pension scheme.
For an employee in the public sector who elects for optional retirement, his pension will be taxed until he attains the age of 55 or the compulsory age of retirement under any written law. Where an individual receives more than one pension, the exemption is restricted to the highest pension received.
Death gratuities
Monies received as death gratuity is fully exempted from income tax.
Scholarships
Any monies paid by way of scholarship to an individual whether or not in connection with an employment of that individual is exempted from income tax.
Income of an individual resident in Malaysia in respect of his appearances in cultural performances approved by the Minister
Money received under this category is exempted from tax on condition it is approved by the Minister.
Interest
Income in respect of interest received by individuals resident in Malaysia from money deposited with the following institutions is tax exempt with effect from 30 August 2008:
A bank or a finance company licensed or deemed to be licensed under the Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989;
A bank licensed under the Islamic Banking Act 1983;
A development financial institution prescribed under the Development Financial Institutions Act 2002;
The Lembaga Tabung Haji established under the Tabung Haji Act 1995;
The Malaysia Building Society Berhad incorporated under the Companies Act 1965;
The Borneo Housing Finance Berhad incorporated under the Companies Act 1965
Dividend
The following dividends are exempt form tax:
Dividends received from exempt accounts of companies.
Dividends received from co-operative societies.
Dividends received from a unit trust approved by the Minister of Finance such as Amanah Saham Bumiputra.
Dividends received from a unit trust approved by the Minister of Finance where 90% or more of the investment is in government securities.
Royalty
Royalties received in respect of the use of copyrights/patents are taxable if they exceed the following exemption limits:
No. | Types of Royalty | Exemption (RM) |
1 | Publication of artistic works/recording discs/tapes | 10,000 |
2 | Translation of books/literary works of Education or Attomey or General Chambers | 12,000 |
3 | Publication of literary works/original paintings/musical compositions | 20,000 |
However, the exemption stated above does not apply, if the payment received forms part of his emoluments in the exercise of the individual's official duties.
Income Remitted from Outside Malaysia
With effect from the year of assessment 2004, income derived from outside Malaysia and received in Malaysia by resident individual is exempted from tax.
Fees or Honorarium for Expert Services
With effect from the year of assessment 2004, fees or honorarium received by an individual in respect of services provided for purposes of validation, moderation or accreditation of franchised education programmes in higher educational institutions is exempted.
The services provided by an individual concerned have to be verified and acknowledged by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA). However, the exemption does not apply if the payment received forms part of his emoluments in the exercise of his official duties.
Income Derived from Research Findings
With effect from the year of assessment 2004, income received by an individual from the commercialization of the scientific research finding is given tax exemption of 50% on the statutory income in the basis year for a year of assessment for 5 years from the date the payment is made.
The individual scientist who received the said payment must be a citizen and a resident in Malaysia. The commercialized research findings must be verified by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment.
Friday, May 7, 2010
When to go beyond "Salary" ?


- setting and maintaining a business will cost money
- no employer means no one pays your EPF
- security, liability, risk and reward will have different meanings
- classifying business expenses is an important skill
- all business expenses should help the business grows
- pay yourself maximum non taxable salary, pay yourself EPF ...
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Malaysia RM50 Credit Card fee waivers
