How this works
A rate on this site is never meant to sit untouched until someone notices it is wrong. Each rate family below is tied to a real-world event — an MPC decision, a Budget announcement, a tariff review — and that event is what triggers the update. Where a live official API exists, we read from it instead of storing a number at all.
There can still be a lag between an official announcement and our update. If you find a figure that has fallen behind, reporting it is the fastest way to get it fixed.
Update triggers by rate family
| Rate family | Trigger | Cadence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPR and loan rates | Bank Negara Malaysia MPC announcement | Within days of each MPC meeting | BNM |
| Exchange rates, Kijang Emas | Live API read | Daily revalidation | BNM Open API |
| Income tax bands and reliefs | Budget announcement and LHDN schedule release | Annually, plus any mid-year amendment | LHDN |
| EPF dividend and contribution rates | KWSP dividend declaration or rate change | Annually, plus any policy change | KWSP |
| SOCSO and EIS | PERKESO rate or wage ceiling amendment | On amendment | PERKESO |
| Electricity tariffs | Tariff review or surcharge revision | On revision | TNB |
| Stamp duty and property fees | Budget announcement or exemption order | Annually, plus on any order | LHDN |
| Employment benefits | Amendment to the Employment Act or its regulations | On amendment | JTKSM |
| Petrol and toll | Weekly price ceiling or gazetted toll revision | Weekly or on revision | KPDN, operators |
What the date on a page means
- A rate cited inline with its source is current as at the review date shown on that page.
- A 'last updated' month means the page was rebuilt and its rates checked against the trigger list above. It does not claim every price was individually re-quoted that month.
- Pages built on a live API do not carry a stored rate at all — they read the current value on each revalidation.
Found a stale rate?
Send the page URL, the figure you think is out of date, and the official source if you have it. Corrections are prioritised above new content.
Report an outdated ratePolicy last reviewed: August 2026
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