Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
RM 246
Employees' Provident Fund (EPF)
- RM 27.40
Social Security Organization (SOCSO) contribution
- RM 1.23
Employment Insurance System (EIS) contribution
- RM 0.49
Total tax
- RM 29.13
Net pay
* RM 217
Marginal tax rate
11.7%
Average tax rate
11.8%
88.2%
Net pay
11.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
RM 217
Net pay
RM 37.12
Tax the employer pays
RM 29.13
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
RM 66.24
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer RM 37.12 to pay you RM 246. In other words, every time you spend RM 10 of your hard-earned money, RM 2.69 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.8% tax rate now rises to 23.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make RM 12,792 a year living in Malaysia, you will be taxed RM 1,515. That means that your net pay will be RM 11,277 per year, or RM 940 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.8% and your marginal tax rate is 11.7%. 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 11.66, hence, your net pay will only increase by RM 88.34.
Bonus Example
A RM 1,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 883 of net incomes. A RM 5,000 bonus will generate an extra RM 4,417 of net incomes.
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.