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E-invoicing in Malaysia

Rolling out Confidence: high Checked 21 Jul 2026
ModelCTC clearance · MyInvois (IRBM/LHDN) — MyInvois Portal or API (direct, via Peppol service providers, or via non-Peppol providers); IRBM validates and returns a UUID + QR
Required formatIRBM e-Invoice, UBL 2.1 data structure submitted as XML or JSON (55 mandatory/optional data fields, digital certificate signature). NOT PINT MY. PINT MY is MDEC's separate Peppol-network localisation used between access points; the document IRBM validates is the IRBM UBL 2.1 XML/JSON.
TimelinePhased 2024–2026 · <RM1m exempt · relaxation to 31 Dec 2027

Who is in scope

B2B, B2C and B2G, plus self-billed e-invoices for imports, foreign suppliers, agent/dealer/distributor payouts, e-commerce platforms and certain other flows. All taxpayers within the turnover bands above. Exempt: taxpayers with annual turnover/revenue < RM1,000,000; foreign diplomatic offices; individuals not conducting business; statutory bodies/authorities and local authorities for statutory collections; certain international organisations. Also excluded document-wise: employment income, pension, alimony, zakat, most dividend distributions, listed securities/derivatives contract value, certain share disposals, donations.

Key dates

  • 1 Aug 2024 Phase 1 — annual turnover/revenue > RM100 million (6-month interim relaxation to 31 Jan 2025)
  • 1 Jan 2025 Phase 2 — turnover > RM25m and up to RM100m (relaxation to 30 Jun 2025)
  • 1 Jul 2025 Phase 3 — turnover > RM5m and up to RM25m (relaxation to 31 Dec 2025)
  • 6 Dec 2025 Cabinet raises the permanent exemption threshold from RM500,000 to RM1,000,000 annual turnover and CANCELS the planned Phase 5 (RM150k–RM500k band)
  • 1 Jan 2026 Phase 4 — turnover up to RM5 million. Effectively RM1m–RM5m, since <RM1m is now exempt. This is the FINAL wave; there is no Phase 5.
  • 1 Jul 2026 New businesses/operations commencing 2023–2025 with annual turnover ≥ RM1,000,000 must implement. New businesses commencing from 2026 onwards: 1 Jul 2026 or on commencement; if first-year turnover < RM1m, obligation starts 1 January of the second year following the year turnover reached RM1m.
  • 7 Jul 2026 e-Invoice Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme (SVDP) opens — runs to 31 Dec 2027; no compliance review, penalty or prosecution on e-invoices disclosed under it
  • 31 Dec 2027 End of the Phase 4 interim relaxation period (extended twice; originally 6 months). During relaxation, consolidated monthly e-invoices are allowed for ALL activities, including the sectors normally barred from consolidation.
  • 1 Jan 2028 Full per-transaction enforcement for the RM1m–RM5m band
What practitioners get burned by

'Mandatory from 1 Jan 2026' and 'enforced from 1 Jan 2026' are different things — the obligation started, but the interim relaxation to 31 Dec 2027 lets RM1m–RM5m taxpayers issue one consolidated monthly e-invoice instead of per-transaction, including for sectors otherwise barred from consolidation. Do not read that as an exemption: you still have to be on MyInvois. Turnover is tested on FY2022 audited accounts / YA2022 tax return and is then FROZEN — later growth or decline does not move your phase. Self-billed e-invoices for foreign suppliers catch a lot of multinationals by surprise. New v4.8 (7 Jul 2026) adds an SVDP window to 31 Dec 2027 for anyone who has under-submitted.

Sources

3 of 6 are primary sources. Mandate dates move — treat this page as a starting point and confirm against the primary source before committing a plan.

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