Malaysia’s Stamp-Duty Disclosure Drive Nears One Million Applications

Putrajaya, 1 October 2026 – Malaysia’s tax authority has received nearly one million applications under its stamp-duty voluntary-disclosure effort, signalling substantial demand to regularise documents as an extended penalty-relief window runs toward year-end. The reported application count indicates participation, not an amount of duty collected, the number of distinct taxpayers or a measure of completed approvals.

The special programme allows eligible parties to bring previously unstamped instruments into compliance and benefit from remission of late-stamping penalties when the applicable duty is paid. Malaysia’s Inland Revenue Board extended the 2026 programme by six months, from 1 July through 31 December. That extension gives businesses and individuals additional time, but it is not an indefinite amnesty and does not erase the underlying stamp-duty liability.