Epf Employer Contribution Rate 2019 Malaysia
Employers are required to remit epf contributions based on this schedule.
Epf employer contribution rate 2019 malaysia. For employees who receive wages salary exceeding rm5 000 the employee s contribution of 11 remains while the employer s contribution is 12. Effective from january 2018 the employees monthly statutory contribution rates will be reverted from. The malaysian government has reduced the minimum employee contribution rate for the employees provident fund epf to 7 starting from april 1 in a bid to cushion the impact of the covid 19. Employees provident fund malaysia epf is a federal statutory body under the purview of the ministry of finance employees provident fund epf will allow education withdrawals for professional certificate programmes under budget 2020 every company is required to contribute epf calculator for its staff workers and to remit the contribution sum to kwsp before the 15th day of the following.
The minimum employers share of the employees provident fund epf statutory contribution rate for employees aged 60 and above has been reduced to 4 per month. The minimum statutory contribution by employers to malaysia s employees provident fund epf for employees aged above 60 will be reduced to 4 per month down from the previous 6. Failing to submit within the stipulated period will result in a late penalty charged by kwsp. The new minimum statutory rates proposed in budget 2019 are effective this month for the.
The latest contribution rate for employees and employers effective january 2019 salary wage can be referred in the third schedule epf act 1991 click to download. At the same time the employees share of minimum contribution rate has been reduced to 0 down from the previous 5 5 this was announced by the epf also known as kwsp kumpulan wang simpanan pekerja on 7. The epf receives and manages retirement savings for all its members encompassing mandatory contributions by employees of the private and non pensionable public sectors as well as voluntary contributions by those in the informal sector. Meanwhile the employees share of contribution for this age group is set at zero the epf said in a statement today.
Kuala lumpur jan 7. Currently employees contribute 11 of their salary to epf while employers must put in a minimum of 12 for salaries more than rm5 000 and 13 for salaries lower than that. The minimum employers share of epf statutory contribution rate for employees above age 60 who are liable to contribute will be reduced to four 4 per cent per month while the employees share of contribution rate will be zero per cent.