Tourist Tax Malaysia 2017
Petaling jaya the star asia news network some 5 000 hotels around malaysia have started implementing the tourism tax for foreigners.
Tourist tax malaysia 2017. It is the duty of the tourist to pay ttx to the operator. Once the law comes into effect affected businesses will have 30 days to register for the tourism tax with the royal malaysian customs department rmcd. Ttx is a tax charged and levied on a tourist staying at any accommodation premises made available by an operator at the rate fixed by the minister.
This rate was fixed in september 2017 compared to the previous tourism tax system where rates differed according to the number of stars an accommodation is rated with. Royal malaysian customs department level 4 block a menara tulus no 22 persiaran perdana precinct 3 62100 putrajaya federal territory malaysia https. Tourists to pay more for accommodation in malaysia with new tourism tax.
It is anticipated that the bill will be gazetted in june 2017 and would potentially come into effect in july 2017. According to my information only 5000 hotels so far have registered with the malaysian government to collect this tax and pass it on. As is the case with the gst the ttx would be administered by the royal malaysian customs department rmcd.
The ministry of finance and the royal malaysian customs department yesterday issued new tourism tax newsletter no 1 2017 that will take effect on august 1 2017. The tourism tax bill 2017 was passed in the senate on 27 april 2017. Notice published in malaysia s official gazette announced that the tourism tax will take effect on 1 september 2017.
You can access the bulletin here. This means that all hotel accommodations in malaysia will have new tourism tax instituted on august 1 2017 in addition to service charge usually 10 and gst 6. The government requires the registered hotels to post the proper registration on the counter.
However a number of the administrative provisions that govern the operation of the tax including the registration provisions took effect on 1 august. General guide on tourism tax as at 10 august 2017 3 imposition of tourism tax 9. Malaysia s tourist tax comes into effect 1 august 2017.
Here are the tax levels mostly. So if you book a hotel room in kuala lumpur for three nights at a price of rm200 a night you would have to pay the total ttx of rm30 rm10 per night x 3 nights bringing the total cost of your stay to rm630.