Income tax calculator Malaysia

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
RM 1,115
Employees' Provident Fund (EPF)
- RM 123
Social Security Organization (SOCSO) contribution
- RM 0.91
Employment Insurance System (EIS) contribution
- RM 0.36
Tax
- RM 205
Total tax
- RM 329
Net pay
* RM 786
Marginal tax rate
35.5%
Average tax rate
29.5%
70.5%
Net pay
29.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
RM 786
Net pay
RM 149
Tax the employer pays
RM 329
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
RM 477
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer RM 149 to pay you RM 1,115. In other words, every time you spend RM 10 of your hard-earned money, RM 4.28 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.5% tax rate now rises to 37.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make RM 289,900 a year living in Malaysia, you will be taxed RM 85,513. That means that your net pay will be RM 204,387 per year, or RM 17,032 per month. Your average tax rate is 29.5% and your marginal tax rate is 35.5%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of RM 100 in your salary will be taxed RM 35.48, hence, your net pay will only increase by RM 64.52.
Bonus Example
A RM 1,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 645 of net incomes. A RM 5,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 3,226 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
RM 5,000
RM 10,000
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RM 20,000
RM 25,000
RM 30,000
RM 35,000
RM 40,000
RM 45,000
RM 50,000
RM 55,000
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RM 65,000
RM 70,000
RM 75,000
RM 80,000
RM 85,000
RM 90,000
RM 95,000
RM 100,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
MYR 220320
24.0%
1
Canada
MYR 204760
29.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
MYR 255161
12.0%
1
Taiwan
MYR 244833
15.6%
2
Kazakhstan
MYR 233660
19.4%
3
Thailand
MYR 232091
19.9%
4
Singapore
MYR 228216
21.3%
5
South Korea
MYR 226547
21.9%
6
Australia
MYR 217560
25.0%
7
New Zealand
MYR 214160
26.1%
8
Japan
MYR 212944
26.6%
9
Indonesia
MYR 212440
26.7%
10
Pakistan
MYR 208241
28.2%
11
China
MYR 206372
28.8%
12
Malaysia
MYR 204387
29.5%
13
Philippines
MYR 202176
30.3%
14
Vietnam
MYR 195706
32.5%
15
India
MYR 166896
42.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
MYR 260024
10.3%
1
Chile
MYR 238374
17.8%
2
Costa Rica
MYR 234695
19.0%
3
Puerto Rico
MYR 229705
20.8%
4
Panama
MYR 222973
23.1%
5
Ecuador
MYR 221619
23.6%
6
Brazil
MYR 212664
26.6%
7
Peru
MYR 212478
26.7%
8
Colombia
MYR 212307
26.8%
9
Uruguay
MYR 211166
27.2%
10
Mexico
MYR 205690
29.1%
11
Argentina
MYR 188404
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
MYR 211669
27.0%
1
Kenya
MYR 205173
29.2%
2
Mozambique
MYR 198226
31.6%
3
South Africa
MYR 198075
31.7%
4
Nigeria
MYR 197740
31.8%
5
Ghana
MYR 196185
32.3%
6
Ivory Coast
MYR 192530
33.6%
7
Morocco
MYR 185680
36.0%
8
Cameroon
MYR 181962
37.2%
9
Zambia
MYR 179581
38.1%
10
Senegal
MYR 179004
38.3%
11
Uganda
MYR 175262
39.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
MYR 275405
5.0%
1
Qatar
MYR 275405
5.0%
2
Bahrain
MYR 266708
8.0%
3
Oman
MYR 266708
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
MYR 260910
10.0%
5
Kuwait
MYR 258762
10.7%
6
Egypt
MYR 218648
24.6%
7
Lebanon
MYR 218263
24.7%
8
Israel
MYR 216001
25.5%
9
Turkey
MYR 169689
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Deductions are calculated based on the tables of Malaysia, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.