{"id":18254,"date":"2022-02-08T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparehero.my\/blog\/uncategorized\/income-tax-foreigners-working-in-malaysia.html"},"modified":"2026-03-27T22:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:53:04","slug":"income-tax-foreigners-working-in-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparehero.my\/blog\/tax-planning\/income-tax-foreigners-working-in-malaysia.html","title":{"rendered":"Income Tax For Foreigners Working in Malaysia 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first thing that should be noted is that in Malaysia and most other countries there are different ways that expats are classified based on the time they worked in the country.<\/p>\n

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Non-resident working in Malaysia<\/h2>\n

You are considered as a non-resident under the Malaysian tax law if you stay less than 182 days within Malaysia within a calendar year, regardless of your citizenship or nationality. So, for those that fall under the non-resident tax rate here we have overview of all the tax rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Types Of Income<\/strong><\/td>\nRate (%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Business, trade or profession
\nEmployment
\nDividends
\nRents<\/td>\n		28(With Effect from Year Assessment 2016)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Entertainer
\nInterest<\/td>\n		15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Royalty<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payments for services in connection with the use of property or installation, operation of any plant or machinery purchased from a non-resident<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payments for technical advice, assistance or services rendered in connection with technical management or administration of any scientific, industrial or commercial undertaking, venture, project or scheme<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rent or other payments for the use of any movable property<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

You will not be taxable if<\/strong><\/p>\n