Resident individual — foreign-sourced income exemption (FSI, to 2036)
Effective burden at €60k
0.0%
What you pay
- Income tax on exempt foreign-sourced income — 0% of revenue
Eligibility
- Requires tax residency
- Applies to a Malaysian tax resident (≥182 days) whose income is foreign-sourced (foreign employer/clients, work treated as derived from outside Malaysia). Under the territorial system, foreign-sourced income received in Malaysia by a resident individual — excluding income of a Malaysian partnership business — is exempt from income tax for 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2036 (Income Tax (Exemption) Orders; extended in Budget 2026). Whether services physically performed while resident in Malaysia are 'foreign-sourced' is legally fact-specific; this scheme models the exemption as marketed for remote workers (e.g. DE Rantau) and applied to income arising and taxed abroad.
Net income examples
| Gross/year | Net/year | Burden |
|---|---|---|
| 30,000 EUR | 30,000 EUR | 0.0% |
| 60,000 EUR | 60,000 EUR | 0.0% |
| 120,000 EUR | 120,000 EUR | 0.0% |
Computed by our open tax engine — assumes no deductible expenses, full-year tax residency. Rules as of Jan 1, 2026.
Important context
Models the 0% headline that underlies the DE Rantau Nomad Pass and Malaysia's territorial system for genuinely foreign-sourced income. NOT modeled: the condition that the income was subject to tax of a similar character in the source country and the required exemption declaration in the Malaysian return; the source-of-income question for services performed while physically in Malaysia (fact-specific — some such income may be Malaysian-derived and fall under my-resident-progressive); double-tax-treaty interactions; US citizenship-based taxation overlays. EPF and SOCSO are voluntary for independent self-employed persons and are not modeled as levies.