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No. You review the full invoice one more time on the payment screen, and nothing is charged until you enter your card details and confirm there. The RM 500,000 minimum paid-up share capital for a 100% foreign-owned Sdn. Bhd. is your company's own money, not a Commenda fee, so it is not on this invoice.

We start immediately and open your compliance dashboard with a named point of contact. We reserve your company name, prepare the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and file the incorporation with SSM, the Companies Commission of Malaysia. We then register the company for income tax with the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (LHDN), appoint your licensed company secretary, set up your registered business address, and begin the corporate bank account application.

A valid identity document for the company director and for the corporate secretary, proof of address such as a rental agreement or a utility bill, the company name you want to use, and a description of the type of business and the activity you plan to run. You also tell us whether anyone on your team is resident in Malaysia and can act as director, because that answer decides whether you need our resident director service. We collect all of it in the dashboard up front instead of chasing you document by document.

Incorporation runs about 1 to 2 weeks, from name reservation to the Certificate of Incorporation. SSM controls the approval clock, so the exact date depends on the registry rather than on us. Banking is the longer step and can take up to two months, so we start it in parallel rather than after registration completes.

Yes. Government and filing fees for the incorporation are included in the price you see, so no separate registry invoice arrives from SSM afterwards. The one exception is the Employment Pass package, which excludes government fees. Those are quoted separately if you take it.

Malaysian law requires every Sdn. Bhd. to have at least one director who is ordinarily resident in Malaysia, and this price does not include one. If someone on your team is resident in Malaysia and will serve as director, you need nothing extra. If nobody is, our resident director service is required to incorporate: $3,500 per year, billed annually rather than once, and subject to KYC approval, added to your invoice when you answer that question. The local authorizer named in the bank account opening step is part of the banking process and does not satisfy the resident director requirement.

Yes. Corporate bank account opening with a local authorizer is included in the formation package, and a local Malaysian account is mandatory for a Sdn. Bhd. Expect up to two months, because the bank runs its own KYC and may ask for physical presence or additional documents. We manage the application and the local authorizer requirement, but approval is always the bank's decision.

Your $4,000 covers the incorporation itself: the Memorandum and Articles of Association, registration with SSM, income tax registration with LHDN, year one of your registered business address, year one of your licensed company secretary, and bank account opening with a local authorizer. Everything else is a separate paid service: resident director at $3,500 per year, basic tax and accounting compliance at $3,600 per year, registered business address renewal at $750 per year from year two, licensed company secretary renewal at $2,000 per year from year two, and the Employment Pass package for a foreign director at $6,000 per year excluding government fees. SST (Sales and Service Tax) registration and filings are not priced for Malaysia yet and are not part of this package. The RM 500,000 paid-up capital, trademark and IP work, and tax advice in your home country sit outside it too.

Malaysian obligations attach to the company, not to its revenue. A dormant Sdn. Bhd. still files an Annual Return, due 12 months after incorporation, and a Financial Return, due 18 months after incorporation and every 12 months after that, audited or audit-exempt depending on turnover. It must also keep a licensed company secretary and a registered business address in place the entire time. Miss any of it and penalties follow from SSM and LHDN.

Yes. The formation package and the annual services are separate line items, so you can add tax and accounting compliance later, or the Employment Pass package if a foreign director decides to work from Malaysia after you launch. Your registered address and company secretary renewals come up at the start of year two, and you decide then whether we keep running them or your own provider takes over.

Your entity gets a compliance calendar built from its own details, covering the Annual Return, the Financial Return, and income tax filings with LHDN. It sends automated reminders ahead of each due date, and every obligation carries a status so you can see what is upcoming, in progress, or filed. If you take the tax and accounting plan we file those items for you and the confirmation lands in the same dashboard. Any other entities you own sit on the same calendar, so a multi-country group stays on one source of truth.

Yes, a Sdn. Bhd. can be 100% foreign-owned, subject to sector rules. A fully foreign-owned Sdn. Bhd. carries a minimum paid-up share capital of RM 500,000, roughly USD 120,000, and it does not have to be paid in at the time of incorporation. Some sectors, including oil and gas, education, tourism, agriculture, and banking, typically require at least 50% Malaysian ownership. Tell us your planned activity early and we confirm which rule applies to you.