Income tax calculator Malaysia

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
RM 1,538
Employees' Provident Fund (EPF)
- RM 170
Social Security Organization (SOCSO) contribution
- RM 4.56
Employment Insurance System (EIS) contribution
- RM 1.82
Tax
- RM 78.19
Total tax
- RM 254
Net pay
* RM 1,284
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
16.5%
83.5%
Net pay
16.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
RM 1,284
Net pay
RM 218
Tax the employer pays
RM 254
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
RM 473
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer RM 218 to pay you RM 1,538. In other words, every time you spend RM 10 of your hard-earned money, RM 3.07 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.5% tax rate now rises to 26.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make RM 79,976 a year living in Malaysia, you will be taxed RM 13,222. That means that your net pay will be RM 66,754 per year, or RM 5,563 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.5% and your marginal tax rate is 30.6%. 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 30.55, hence, your net pay will only increase by RM 69.45.
Bonus Example
A RM 1,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 695 of net incomes. A RM 5,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 3,473 of net incomes.
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
MYR 69126
13.6%
1
Canada
MYR 59453
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
MYR 72307
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
MYR 72022
10.0%
2
Costa Rica
MYR 71579
10.5%
3
Ecuador
MYR 70885
11.4%
4
Colombia
MYR 69753
12.8%
5
Panama
MYR 67813
15.2%
6
Chile
MYR 64989
18.7%
7
Mexico
MYR 64306
19.6%
8
Peru
MYR 61806
22.7%
9
Uruguay
MYR 60492
24.4%
10
Brazil
MYR 60469
24.4%
11
Argentina
MYR 51954
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
MYR 67135
16.1%
1
Mozambique
MYR 60024
25.0%
2
Angola
MYR 58950
26.3%
3
Morocco
MYR 58260
27.2%
4
Kenya
MYR 58226
27.2%
5
Ivory Coast
MYR 57435
28.2%
6
Ghana
MYR 57320
28.3%
7
Nigeria
MYR 54950
31.3%
8
Cameroon
MYR 54149
32.3%
9
Uganda
MYR 53286
33.4%
10
Senegal
MYR 52634
34.2%
11
Zambia
MYR 50478
36.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
MYR 75977
5.0%
1
Qatar
MYR 75977
5.0%
2
Bahrain
MYR 73578
8.0%
3
Oman
MYR 73578
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
MYR 71978
10.0%
5
Kuwait
MYR 71179
11.0%
6
Israel
MYR 69458
13.2%
7
Egypt
MYR 61205
23.5%
8
Lebanon
MYR 60820
24.0%
9
Turkey
MYR 45748
42.8%
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.