What’s new in ABSS Payroll Malaysia product versions released, including compliance changes to the way statutory deductions and contributions are calculated.
Released August 2021 HRDF Compliance In March 2021, HRDF coverage was expanded to cover all industries with 10 or more Malaysian employees. Read more about this here Payroll v13 has been updated to comply with these requirements. Setup HRDF Contribution In the Command Centre, click on HRDF Contribution. Alternatively, click on Command Centre, Setup, then…
In March 2021, the existing HRDF levy was extended to cover all industries, with employees of 10 or more. Business that fall into this category are required to register and make contributions towards the HRD fund. The rate of levy depends on the number of Malaysian employees as follows: Number of employees Registration Rate of…
Released January 2021 Compliance updates Personal income tax rate update Tax calculations have been updated in line with the budget that was tabled. These rates come into effect from 1st January 2021. The tax rate for resident individuals with chargeable income in the band of RM50,001 to RM70,000is reduced to 13%. See below for the…
From January 2019, LHDN began requesting selected employers to provide payroll details for audit. Employers who received notification were required to provide: Employee Master File Payroll Register, and, Payroll Chart of Account. With the release of ABSS Payroll v11 in January 2020, you can now generate the LHDN Audit file when required. To access this…
Released January 2020 Personal Income Tax Rate Update Tax calculations have been updated to comply with the new changes as announced in Malaysian Budget 2020. A new chargeable income band now introduced for resident individual with income exceeding RM 2 million. The fixed income tax rate for non-resident individuals is increased from 28% to 30%…
Tax Relief Updates Contribution to Employee Provident Fund (EPF) and life insurance premium is now separated as follows: Contribution to EPF – up to RM4,000 Life Insurance Premium – up to RM3,000 Net savings in SSPN – increased up to RM8,000 Removal of Tax Relief for Housing Loan Interest Paid Compliance Update In compliance with…
4 statutory compliance updates: EIS Autopay Text File As required by PERKESO statutory regulation, employer must report their Employment Insurance Scheme (SIP) collections no later than the 15th of the following month for every payroll processing period. Employer can perform the monthly submission by uploading the text file which contains the total contributions in the…
