Malaysia: total tax rate for medium sized businesses 2018

In the calendar year 2018, the tax rate for medium sized business in Malaysia was 19.6 percent of commercial profits. Malaysia was ranked 12 out of 190 countries for ease of doing business in 2019.

Total tax rate as a percentage of profits for medium sized businesses in Malaysia from 2014 to 2018

Characteristic	Tax rate as percentage of profits
2018	19.6%
2017	21.8%
2016	21.8%
2015	22.7%
2014	22.7%

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Release date

October 2019

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Region

Asia, Malaysia

Survey time period

2014 to 2018

Special properties

for calender year starting January 1 to December 31; data collection completed on May 2019

Supplementary notes

As per the source, the total tax rate measures the amount of taxes payable by medium-size businesses after accounting for deductions and exemptions, expressed as a share of commercial profits. The taxes withheld (such as sales or value added tax or personal income tax) but not paid by the company are excluded. The total tax rate is designed to provide a comprehensive measure of the cost of all the taxes a business bears.

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