The revocation of the tax exemption on foreign-source income received in Malaysia by Malaysian tax residents as proposed in the Budget 2022 was gazetted on 31 December 2021.
At the same time, Malaysia’s Minister of Finance (“MOF”) has issued a media release dated 30 December 2021, to state that foreign-source income received by individual tax residents in Malaysia will be tax exempt from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2026.1 This is subject to eligibility conditions that will be detailed in the guidelines to be issued by the Malaysian Inland Revenue Board (“MIRB”).