Employer cost estimate
employer_cost_estimateCost a HYPOTHETICAL hire: give a monthly wage and get back what that employee would really cost the employer each month — the wage plus employer EPF, SOCSO, EIS and the HRD Corp levy at this company's own rate — and what the employee would actually take home after employee EPF, SOCSO, EIS, SKBBK and PCB/MTD. Use it for "if I hire someone at RM4,000, what does it really cost me?" and "what would they take home?". SKBBK (PERKESO Lindung 24 Jam) is included for every hire: mandatory for a foreign worker, and deducted by default for local staff (citizens, permanent residents, temporary residents), who could opt out with PERKESO only until 31 Aug 2026. Optional: residency (RESIDENT, the default, or NON_RESIDENT — a non-resident is taxed at a flat 30%), citizenship (MALAYSIAN or FOREIGNER — for a FOREIGNER who is not a permanent resident, EPF is 2% employer + 2% employee (KWSP Third Schedule Part F, from October 2025 wages) and there is no EIS unless they are a temporary resident, worked out on at least the RM1,700 minimum wage; it also drives the HRD Corp levy; it does not change tax residency, so set residency too), permanentResident (FOREIGNER only: true for a Malaysian permanent resident, who pays the Malaysian EPF rates (KWSP Third Schedule Part C from 60: 5.5% employee, 6.5% / 6% employer, not a citizen's 0% / 4%) and EIS), temporaryResident (FOREIGNER, not a PR: true for a temporary resident holding a MyKAS, the green temporary-resident IC — EPF stays on Part F, but EIS applies at the Malaysian rates), ageBand (UNDER_60 or 60_AND_OVER — reduced EPF (0% / 4% for a citizen, Part C for a permanent resident) and SOCSO Category 2), and epfEmployeeRate if the employee elects a reduced EPF rate (for a foreign worker on Part F, only a rate above 2% elected on KWSP Form 17A changes their share; the employer stays at 2%). The PCB comes from Taokeh's implementation of LHDN's official computerised MTD method — the calculation IRBM confirmed in writing on 13 August 2026 (letter ref 2026-256) — not from a simplified formula. The defaults are RESIDENT, single, no children and NO TP1 reliefs, because reliefs are per-employee paperwork nobody has filled in for a person who does not exist yet; every assumption is spelled out in the reply and MUST be repeated to the user. Present it as an estimate on stated assumptions, never as a quote or as tax advice. READ-ONLY — it creates nothing, hires nobody and files nothing. ADMIN AND BOOKKEEPER + PAYROLL ONLY, like every payroll tool here.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| ageBand | No | ||
| residency | No | ||
| citizenship | No | ||
| monthlyWage | Yes | ||
| epfEmployeeRate | No | ||
| permanentResident | No | ||
| temporaryResident | No |