Malaysia legislation

Section 29

of FINANCE ACT 2025

Section 29

The First Schedule to the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in relation to item 4, in the column “Description of

Instrument”, under “Exemptions”, in paragraph (b), by substituting for the words “RM300 per month”

the words “RM3,000 per month”; and

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(b)

in relation to item 32—

(i)

in the column “Description of Instrument”, in paragraph (aa), by substituting for the words

“except stock,” the words “except residential property, stock,”;

(ii)

by inserting after paragraph (aa) and the particulars relating to it the following paragraph and particulars:

Item Description of Instrument

“(ab) On sale of any residential property from 1 January 2026

to a foreign company or a person who is not a citizen and not a permanent resident

Proper Stamp Duty

RM8.00 for every

R M 1 0 0 . 0 0 o r fractional part of

RM100.00 of the amount of the money value of the consideration or the market value of the residential property, whichever is the greater”

; and

(iii)

in the column “Proper Stamp Duty”, in subparagraph (e)(i), by inserting after the words “Duty as in (a), (aa),” the words “(ab),”.

Amendment of Third Schedule