A New E-PCB Portal and System is on the way.

It is the 29th of February 2024 and it is the deadline for the issuance of EA forms to employees today. HR and Payroll Professionals are blessed to have one extra day today to get this task done as the normal deadline is 28th of February each year.

The EA form is a yearly tax compliance related activity. However there is a recurring monthly activity called the processing of payroll, computation of the correct monthly tax deduction and the submission of the monthly salary tax deduction (Called PCB) to the tax authorities.

There are a few ways in which monthly tax deductions can be remitted and filed with the LHDN or IRB in Malaysia.

The IRB in Malaysia itself provides a tax submission portal called e-PCB which allows employers without adequate payroll software to submit the files via uploads or data updates into this portal.

There are currently 58,759 employers who are using the e-PCB system for monthly tax submission as per current statistics as of today.

What are the benefits of using the e-PCB for the employers who are not using payroll software as listed by IRB?

1. Allows data upkeep of employees and payment of PCB/CP38
2. Calculates the amount of PCB each month
3. Ensures that calculation of PCB is correct and accurate
4. Allows submission and payment of PCB/CP38 online

How do I access the e-PCB portal?

The portal can be accessed here: https://ekls.hasil.gov.my/

or here for the English Version https://ekls.hasil.gov.my/index.php?&lang=eng

One thing to note in our IRB website that although the e-PCB page can be in English or Bahasa, the announcements are in Bahasa only.

It is important to keep tabs of the announcement section on the page.

The Latest Announcement about the New e-PCB Plus version

There is a new announcement that a new version of the e-PCB is being developed by IRB which may replace the current e-PCB.

What are the implications or effects of the new e-PCB Plus

1. Employers must ensure that payments to IRB are completed by the 15th of January 2024
2. Employers must ensure that the personal records of their employees are complete in respects to Name, Tax Identification Number (TIN) and Passport Number. The new system would validate and check the information and if there is missing information, the system would not accept the data and the PCB submission would be REJECTED.
3. IRB will let us know when the new E-PCB Plus system will be available. The actual or estimated date is not know as of now.
4. We do not know if for some time IRB will allow use of both current E-PCB system together with E-PCB Plus or straightaway switch to the new system. It is good to prepare for this as HR and Payroll professionals.