Guides for Malaysian SMEs
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Plain-English explainers on the Malaysian tax, payroll and compliance topics small businesses keep running into — e-Invoice, monthly tax deductions and SST. General information, not advice; we link the official source on every guide so you can verify the current rules.
Free tools, no sign-up: the PCB / EPF / SOCSO / EIS calculator and the invoice generator. Want the practical setups instead? Taokeh Playbooks — numbered integrations you perform once.
LHDN e-Invoice (MyInvois) for Malaysian SMEs: a plain-English guide
Malaysia is moving every business onto electronic invoicing through the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN/HASiL) and its MyInvois platform. The change is being introduced in phases…
Read the guide →PCB / MTD (Monthly Tax Deduction) for Malaysian employers
If you employ staff in Malaysia, you deduct income tax from their pay each month and send it to LHDN. This is Potongan Cukai Bulanan (PCB), also called Monthly Tax Deduction…
Read the guide →SST in Malaysia for SMEs: registration, sales tax vs service tax, and SST-02
Malaysia’s Sales and Service Tax (SST) is administered by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (RMCD). It is not a single tax — it is two separate taxes with different…
Read the guide →EPF, SOCSO & EIS: a Malaysian employer’s statutory contributions explained
On top of withholding income tax from staff pay, a Malaysian employer must also contribute to three separate funds: EPF, SOCSO and EIS. These are not taxes and not PCB/MTD —…
Read the guide →LHDN-approved payroll software in Malaysia: what the list actually means
Almost every payroll vendor in Malaysia says it is “LHDN approved”. There is a real scheme behind that phrase, and it is narrower than the badge suggests. This guide explains…
Read the guide →Connect Claude or ChatGPT to your accounting books (Malaysia, 2026)
You can now ask your accounting books questions in plain language — from inside Claude, ChatGPT or another AI assistant you already use — and have it read the answer straight…
Read the guide →Connect ChatGPT to your accounting books (Malaysia, 2026)
ChatGPT can read your live accounting books and prepare drafts for you — sales, who owes you money, what you spent, what is left in stock. Every step below was performed on…
Read the guide →Run your business from Claude — accounting included (Malaysia)
More and more Malaysian operators run the day from an AI agent rather than a screen: it reads the inbox, the WhatsApp thread and the shared Drive, and does the work. That…
Read the guide →Deferred revenue & MFRS 15 for Malaysian SMEs, in plain words
If customers pay you up front for something you deliver over months — an annual software plan, a 12-month retainer, a term of tuition — the cash arrives today but the income is…
Read the guide →Recurring invoices & subscription billing for Malaysian businesses, in plain words
If you bill the same customers again and again — a monthly retainer, an annual plan, a gym membership, a maintenance contract — the invoicing itself becomes the job. Do it by…
Read the guide →Payment gateway fees & reconciliation for Malaysian businesses, in plain words
A customer pays you RM1,000 online. A day or two later, RM975-ish lands in your bank. Where did the rest go, and how should your books show it? This guide explains payment…
Read the guide →Shopify and LHDN e-Invoice in Malaysia: which sales are yours to submit
A Malaysian seller with a Shopify store and a Shopee shop is running two arrangements, and LHDN treats them differently for e-Invoice. On your own store you sell to the…
Read the guide →PERKESO Lindung 24 Jam (SKBBK): what Malaysian employers deduct, and why the maximum is RM44.65
From 1 June 2026, PERKESO extended cover to accidents outside working hours through Skim Kemalangan Bukan Bencana Kerja (SKBBK), marketed as “Lindung 24 Jam”. It is paid…
Read the guide →What Shopee actually costs a Malaysian seller — and how it should land in your books
Shopee quotes a commission of a few per cent. On one real Malaysian shop we reconciled to the sen, the platform kept about 21% of merchandise value — roughly RM1 in every RM5…
Read the guide →Shopee e-invoice: what sellers must do, and what Shopee does for you
Shopee sellers keep asking the same question, usually a few weeks before their e-Invoice date: do I have to e-invoice my Shopee orders? For sales concluded on Shopee itself,…
Read the guide →AI accounting software in Malaysia: what it actually means (2026)
“AI accounting software” is sold by almost every vendor in Malaysia now, and the phrase covers four quite different things. This guide separates them, gives you the questions…
Read the guide →How AI creates accounting entries: drafts, not postings
The single most important thing to understand about AI in accounting software is the difference between drafting an entry and posting one. Everything about trust, audit trail…
Read the guide →AI bank reconciliation in Malaysia: what is real and what is marketing
Bank reconciliation is the job most Malaysian SMEs hope AI will take off their hands, and it is also where vendor claims stretch furthest. Here is what the technology actually…
Read the guide →Connecting your own AI assistant to your books: what to look for
Most accounting software that mentions AI means a chatbot it built. A smaller number let you point the AI assistant you already pay for at your own books. This guide explains…
Read the guide →AI and LHDN e-Invoice: where it helps, and where the rules still bind
e-Invoice is the compliance job Malaysian SMEs most want to automate, and AI helps with a specific part of it. Knowing which part keeps you out of trouble, because LHDN…
Read the guide →AI receipt and document scanning: what it costs and what it keeps
Photographing a bill and having it read into your books is the most familiar kind of accounting AI, and the easiest to buy badly. Two things decide whether it is worth it: how…
Read the guide →Is AI accounting software safe for Malaysian SMEs?
The worry is reasonable: your books hold customer details, staff pay and every figure your tax position depends on. Safety here is not a feeling about AI in general — it is…
Read the guide →What bookkeeping costs in Malaysia: the ranges, and what moves them
Most bookkeeping providers in Malaysia will not name a price until you call them. This guide puts the verifiable numbers in one place: published market ranges by monthly…
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