Malaysia Income Tax Relief 2020
Thanks to the economic stimulus package 2020 announced by interim prime minister tun dr mahathir mohamad yesterday malaysian can now to claim up to rm1000 income tax relief on domestic travel.
Malaysia income tax relief 2020. On top of that you are also eligible to receive rm100 worth of digital voucher to use on any domestic travel in the country. For the be form resident individuals who do not carry on business the deadline for filing income tax in malaysia is 30 april 2020 for manual filing and 15 may 2020 via e filing. A tax rebate directly reduced your amount of tax charged and there are currently four types of tax rebates for income tax malaysia ya 2019. Below is the list of tax relief items for resident individual for the assessment year 2019.
In the event the total relief exceeds the total income the excess cannot be carried forward to the following ya. Meanwhile there is also a special individual income tax relief of up to rm2 500 on the purchase of handphone laptops tablet which takes effect from 1st june 2020. 5 000 limited 3. The prime minister announced that personal income tax relief in the amount of myr 1 000 on travel expenses incurred from 1 march 2020 to 31 august 2020 is to be extended to 31 december 2021.
Medical expenses for parents. From year of assessment 2020 not applicable for 2019 2018 2017 couples seeking fertility treatment such as in vitro fertilisation ivf intrauterine insemination iui or any other fertility treatment approved by a medical practitioner registered under the malaysian medical council mmc can also claim under this income tax relief in malaysia. Tourism tax for the period of jul 1 until jun 30 next year have been exempted and individual income tax relief of up to rm1 000 is offered for expenses in domestic tourism until dec 31 2021. This relief is applicable for year assessment 2013 and 2015 only.
Personal tax relief malaysia 2020. Self and dependent special relief of rm2 000 will be given to tax payers earning on income of up to rm8 000 per month aggregate income of up to rm96 000 annually. Hence the tax relief is claimable by resident individuals for ya2020 and ya2021. Tax reliefs which can be claimed by resident individuals in malaysia for ya 2019 and 2020.
The relief amount you file will be deducted from your income thus reducing your taxable income make sure you keep all the receipts for the payments. The deadline for filing your income tax returns form in malaysia varies according to what type of form you are filing. The chargeable income is nil and no income tax is payable for that ya.