Payroll
Malaysia - General News 
Use
- EA Form
- The EA Form report now has a sorting facility which can be used to sort the EA Form output for easy distribution.
- Printing of non-standard information about children on the EA form is now possible.
- CP39
- Both the CP159 and PCB 2(II) reports have been modified to get the tax contribution receipt information from the Tax Receipt Entry table .
- Support of a new CP39 format for Sabah and Sarawak.
- A summary report for CP39.
- Reporting the Tax Reference Number under a single CP39 Reference Number - the CP39 Umbrella Reference Number concept. This is to allow companies to submit their tax deductions collectively under one CP39 reference number or individually.
- New legal output formats for:
- Form CP22A - This form is printed ad-hoc by the employer during the year for salary witholding purposes whenever the employer ceases to employ an individual. The employee may have been terminated or retired from the company. More than one form will be printed in case the Employer Tax Reference number or the tax number of the employee is changed.
- Form BBCD - This is a summary report for the EPF Borang A reports.
- Tax enhancements
- The tax rates table is changed to reflect the decreased tax rates of 1.00%, in line with new regulations for the year 2000 onwards.
- The Married and Single allowances have increased from RM 5000 to RM 8000. Accordingly, the constants table is changed.
- Zakat deductions are now handled by payroll via the Final Tax Deductions function, and are deducted from the net tax payable.
- Resultingly, the payroll driver has been enhanced for handling calculations as per new tax changes effected from Jan 2000.
- SOCSO
A checklist report is now provided to indicate employees' gross earnings that are less than RM2,000. This report is generated after payroll is run.
Effects on Existing Data
As tax reliefs provided by the Malaysian government are for the current year, there is no effect on existing data.
Effects on Customizing
If it is necessary to maintain current tax rates, go to the Implementation Guide for Payroll Malaysia via Tax -> Maintain tax rates.
If it is necessary to maintain current tax reliefs, go to the Implementation Guide for Payroll Malaysia via Tax -> Maintain tax constants.