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Malaysia's Budget 2026 for People Who Own Things
Budget 2026, tabled on 10 October 2025, doubles stamp duty for foreign homebuyers, widens capital gains tax on unlisted shares and extends a 2% tax to partnership distributions. What changed for owners of property, shares and businesses, and what to document.
The First Rate Cut in Five Years
On 9 July 2025 Bank Negara Malaysia cut its policy rate by a quarter point to 2.75%. What a lower policy rate does, and does not, change for a saver, a borrower and a retirement fund member.
Malaysia's Service Tax Now Reaches Rentals and Fees
From 1 July 2025 Malaysia's service tax widens to leasing and rental, financial services, construction, private healthcare and education. Most households will never see it. Landlords and anyone paying fees for financial services might.