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PCB / MTD calculator 2026
Enter your monthly salary and bonus. This PCB calculator works out the PCB your employer should deduct each month using LHDN's method, the PCB in your bonus month — and, more importantly, your ACTUAL tax after receipt reliefs: how much you should claim back.
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Updated
Checked against official LHDN sources: relief table · rates, deadlines & rules . Checked automatically every day; a change is accepted only after two identical readings. Year of assessment: YA2026.
LHDN has not published YA2026 tax rates yet; YA2025 figures are used provisionally and this page updates itself once the new figures are published.
The YA2026 relief table on this page is based on the Budget 2026 tax measures published by the Ministry of Finance, combined with LHDN's latest official table — LHDN has not published the official YA2026 table yet. This page updates itself as soon as it is published. Budget document (belanjawan.mof.gov.my)
1Salary
2Family
3Receipt reliefs (optional)
Reliefs your employer does NOT include in PCB — enter a yearly estimate to see your refund. Each relief's limit is applied automatically.
How is PCB worked out?
PCB (Potongan Cukai Bulanan, or Monthly Tax Deduction, MTD) is income tax your employer deducts from each month's salary and pays to LHDN. For fixed monthly pay, the employer estimates the year's income, subtracts the employee's EPF contribution (up to the relief cap) and the statutory reliefs — individual, spouse if your spouse has no income, children and disability — then applies that year's progressive rates and rebate and divides by 12. Zakat deducted from salary is taken off the PCB. Amounts under RM10 a month are not deducted.
PCB categories follow your status: Category 1 single, Category 2 married with a non-working spouse, Category 3 married with a working spouse. A bonus is additional remuneration: PCB in the bonus month = the year's tax including the bonus − the year's tax without it.
PCB is not your final tax — receipts decide the refund
Employers only account for the statutory reliefs. Lifestyle, medical, SSPN, education insurance, sports, housing-loan interest and the other reliefs you pay for yourself are not in your PCB unless you tell your employer through Form TP1. That is why many employees overpay through the year — and get a refund after e-Filing, as long as the receipts exist.
This calculator shows the gap: the year's PCB against your actual tax after receipt reliefs. ListBelanja keeps those receipts through the year, matches them to LHDN reliefs automatically and fills in Form BE box by box — so that refund is actually claimed.
Resident individual tax rates YA2026
| Chargeable income (RM) | Rate |
|---|---|
| 0 – 5,000 | 0% |
| 5,001 – 20,000 | 1% |
| 20,001 – 35,000 | 3% |
| 35,001 – 50,000 | 6% |
| 50,001 – 70,000 | 11% |
| 70,001 – 100,000 | 19% |
| 100,001 – 400,000 | 25% |
| 400,001 – 600,000 | 26% |
| 600,001 – 2,000,000 | 28% |
| 2,000,001 and above | 30% |
If your chargeable income does not exceed RM35,000, a RM400 personal rebate is deducted straight from your tax. ListBelanja's calculator works it out for you.
Filing deadlines
| Item | Date |
|---|---|
| spending that counts for YA2026 reliefs | |
| Form BE for YA2026 — paper form | |
| Form BE e-Filing for YA2026 | |
| Form B for YA2026 — paper form | |
| Form B e-Filing for YA2026 |
YA2026 deadlines are provisional: worked out from the YA2025 rules until LHDN publishes the YA2026 dates.
Full take-home pay, employer cost & your three EPF accounts
- Take-home pay after EPF, SOCSO, LINDUNG 24 Jam, EIS and PCB — all in one calculation
- Employee & employer EPF by the latest EPF Third Schedule: wage band, age and citizenship
- SOCSO (Act 4), LINDUNG 24 Jam and EIS (Act 800) from the official contribution schedules, including the wage ceiling
- Monthly cost to the employer: salary plus employer EPF, SOCSO and EIS
- How contributions split into the Retirement, Well-being and Flexible accounts (Akaun Emas by age)
- Dated effective rates — a new schedule applies by itself from its wage month; amounts outside an official schedule are marked as estimates
In the app: a year's tax estimate from your own payslips
- Upload your monthly payslips (JANM e-Payslip or an employer's slip) — digital PDFs are read on your device without AI; PCB, EPF, SOCSO and gross pay are taken from every month.
- Year to date + a full-year projection → a tax estimate with the same engine as this calculator, against the PCB already deducted: expected refund or top-up.
- What if pay rises, an allowance ends or a new deduction starts — worked out in place; civil servants: deduction headroom against the official JANM limit.
Frequently asked questions
Why is my PCB different from my payslip?
Your employer may be using different status details (category, number of children), including taxable allowances or other deductions, applying reliefs you declared on TP1, or using the PCB schedule rather than the computerised method. This calculator uses the computation method with YA2026 rates, rebate and relief caps from LHDN; small differences in ringgit are normal.
How much PCB is deducted on a bonus?
A bonus is taxed with the rest of the year's income, not at a flat rate. PCB in the bonus month = the year's tax including the bonus − the year's tax without it, so it depends on your marginal rate. Enter the bonus in the calculator to see the figure.
Do I still need to file if PCB was deducted?
Employees with chargeable income generally still file Form BE even when PCB was deducted. Filing is also the only way to claim the receipt reliefs your employer did not account for — your refund. Check the current conditions at hasil.gov.my.
Does this calculator store my data?
No. The calculation runs in your browser; no numbers are sent anywhere. Sign up only if you want to keep receipts and claim the refund with proof.