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The Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) issued a Media Statement on 7 August 2026 to provide further clarifications on the stamp duty treatment for employment contracts and instruments under the Exemption and General Exemptions categories in the First Schedule of SA 1949. This is aimed to ease the administrative burden and compliance towards stamp duty while providing clarification, uniformity and certainty to duty payers.
Read our publication to understand the key clarifications in the media statement.
Tax Alert 12 August 2026
Stamp Duty Treatment for Instruments under the Exemption and General Exemptions Categories
