Malaysia has a territorial tax regime. That means only income that is created or sourced within Malaysia's borders is taxed.

In the past, there was a border crossing tax where funds originating from outside Malaysia is taxed when it is repatriated back to Malaysia by a Malaysian resident. This is no longer in effect. Fund movements into Malaysia are still monitored by BNM but for currency control/reporting reasons, not taxation.

This post has been edited by seantang: Apr 30 2010, 12:22 AM

How much is the difference between the non-resident withholding tax rate and the corporate tax rate for franked dividends?


No need to back file. Once you've cleared your income tax, you're no longer a tax resident in Malaysia.

When you go back to Malaysia and become a tax resident again, you begin filing tax returns from that point onwards.

ICs are under NRD (National Registration Dept).

I always wondered what is "huat arrr"...?

Is it like slang or dialect for "sangat kuat" or something? And what's the pirate sounding "arrrr" supposed to mean?

Usually half a month from the landlord and half a month from the tenant.

If it's co-broke, ie. both landlord and tenant have their own agents, then it's not unheard of that each agent will want a minimum of a month from the party that engaged them.


Usually 1 month. But depending on the circumstances eg. very expensive luxury property &/or furnishing, and if the tenant doesn't come across as very trustworthy, it's again not unheard of.

It's based on the rental agreement. Typically if you do not return the property to the landlord in the same condition it was handed over to you, they will forfeit the advance to the extent that it takes to return the property to its original condition. Excepted for reasonable wear and tear, of course.

There's no specific authority for this, that I've heard of lah. Any issues are treated as a dispute in the magistrate's court.

You are thinking that employers in different countries will react differently to bad testimonials?

Why after July? Why not after June or after August?

Still have road tax (albeit discounted) and insurance.

Maintenance is not 100% free. Consumables (ie. wear and tear items) like tyres, brake pads, non-service fluids, off-interval lubricant changes, air cond servicing are not typically covered under the free maintenance deal.

My stumbling block to buying a car is not the cost of purchase. It is the limitation of the years of ownership ie. 10 years before you have to renew the COE... and in most cases, the COE renewal is more than the residual value.

I get a nice car allowance and 100% interest subsidy on the loan, but I still can't bring myself to buy a car. Just feels so much more 'worth it' to use the cash for savings or to buy shares.

This post has been edited by seantang: May 4 2010, 11:54 PM

We've been through this with one of the Moderators or Admin in the past. We were told that there is no real physical or technical limit to the number of pages - and the 'limit' (apparently 125 as you mention) is arbitrary.

My preference is to keep this thread. Makes the info we post easy to find, rather than being buried in old threads somewhere. And navigation is no issue, really. We just click "last page" and we're right where we need to be to see updates to this thread.

The thing is that the car allowance from my company depends on job level only. It doesn't depend on whether I actually buy a car or not. So, it's more like additional salary, rather than a car allowance - and therefore, it's a matter of convincing myself that buying a car is money well spent.


Absolutely agree that life can be extremely different. The cheapest car for me is now 75K due to the recent COE craziness. Sigh... that's like 20 lots of SPH... each lot earning $250 dividend each year

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Added on May 5, 2010, 11:18 am
No worries. It's not like anybody broke any rules or did something wrong etc. A rational discussion, I reckon.


Doesn't matter what we think. What does your boss think?

This post has been edited by seantang: May 5 2010, 11:18 AM

But what's the benefit of doing so?

Seriously, what is with this obsessive urgency to start a new thread?

Can someone actually state why or what's the benefit of starting a whole new thread vs continuing this one?

My thinking is that the lifestyle in Sg when you earn S$3K - is less enjoyable compared to earning RM5K in Pg.

In Sg, you'll be rubbing shoulders with the taxi uncles, bus captains etc. who will earn S$2.5K or so.

In Pg, RM5K goes a longer way, I think.

At this income level, you're not talking about anything luxurious or high end. Mainly food, accommodation and transport. The exchange rate factor is not as advantageous when the majority of your pay goes to the basics.

As far as I know, Malaysian citizenship of a newborn is via the paternal bloodline. If the father is Malaysian, the child is automatically a Malaysian citizen no matter where he was born... invoking the "law of blood". If the mother is Malaysian (but the father is not), then the child is automatically a Malaysian citizen ONLY if he was born in Malaysia... invoking the "law of soil".

In Singapore, any minor child of a PR is automatically a dependent PR. Upon reaching the age of 18, the child may choose to remain a PR or become a citizen, both on condition of fulfilling national service. Singaporean citizenship is not conferred on children where neither of the parents are Singaporean.

A birth certificate issued by either Malaysia or Singapore does not amount to nationality.

By automatically, I mean there are no additional conditions apart from the minor dependent relationship, to get the PR. I've never heard of a child not getting dependent PR status.


The birth cert just means you were born in Malaysia, not that you are Malaysian. It's the "warna kad pengenalan ibu bapa" which will ultimately decide if you get a warganegara blue IC and Malaysian passport.

Still constipated eh? Try more fibre in your diet.

Do the current birth certs state the nationality? To be honest, I haven't seen a birth cert issued less than 20 years ago My birth cert doesn't mention nationality, just the colour of my parents ICs.

If Malaysia keeps getting funnier with its racial and religious rubbish, yes.

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Added on May 7, 2010, 6:32 pm
Sounds like a programming issue than a user issue... but hey, that's me... a demanding end-user

But anyway... I digress.


Will you be making the same request of the O&G thread? That thread gets higher views per posting but seems to have resisted any similar calls to truncate themselves.

This post has been edited by seantang: May 7 2010, 06:33 PM