Labuan Company Experience

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Moonlighter said:
Moonlighter said:
With the EP you can live anywhere in west Malaysia
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Interestingly from the FAQ they state:

15. If the Labuan entity only has a management office in Labuan, where must the residential address of the work permit holder be located?
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The residential address of the work-permit holder must be in Labuan.
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Please keep in mind that the FAQ is from 2015, so some parts are already outdated. While you can live in west Malaysia, in 2015 you had to provide a Labuan tenancy contract, which was a document organised by the trust companies. All in all just another fee and few years later they accepted a tenancy contract from Kuala Lumpur during the renewal process.

Since Labuan requires a trust company as intermediary, I suggest you consult one of those companies for recent information.
 
Moonlighter said:
Moonlighter said:
Please keep in mind that the FAQ is from 2015, so some parts are already outdated. While you can live in west Malaysia, in 2015 you had to provide a Labuan tenancy contract, which was a document organised by the trust companies. All in all just another fee and few years later they accepted a tenancy contract from Kuala Lumpur during the renewal process.

Since Labuan requires a trust company as intermediary, I suggest you consult one of those companies for recent information.
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Ok, you said the 250k deposit for the EP based on this FAQ. But we can just disregard this info then, and hear from OP that have actually done this recently.
 
From next year Malaysia will start with a 2% tax on dividends, which would affect you if you take dividends from the labuan company. Making the total tax in labuan roughly 5% if you pay our the profit as dividends.
 
Xshore said:
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From next year Malaysia will start with a 2% tax on dividends, which would affect you if you take dividends from the labuan company. Making the total tax in labuan roughly 5% if you pay our the profit as dividends.
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Another articles says labuan entities will be exempt (as will foreign entities).
 
AnthonyR said:
AnthonyR said:
Cost to set up was circa £6,500 with circa £5k ongoing costs. Substance requirements tend to be met through having local directors, with a local office and through the fact that I have to pay myself a RM10k a month salary.
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Hi Anthony, hope you are doing well.

How is it going with the Labuan firm? Since it's been a few months did you make the move to Malaysia already?

I am a software dev working remotely and my family loves Malaysia. I am considering a move with kids. Researching online, I cannot get clarity on the substance requirements.

I can pay myself RM10K salary, but does that really count towards the 50K that needs to be spent in Labuan.
Did you have to hire two staff members separately or does that get taken care of by your agent? You also mentioned a new 5 year Director's visa coming in January. Did that get rolled out?

Thanks for your time.
 
So I'm currently in Malaysia, although still waiting on my employment pass, the process for which started about 3 months ago. It seems a combination of Christmas, New Year, Chinese New Year and now Ramadan means that barely anything official moves in the first few months of the year (according to my agent at least).

Substance requirements still seem to be pretty sketchy. I have two Labuan resident directors for the company and I incur various costs in Labuan which they assure me is sufficient. I'm based in mainland Malaysia, although do travel to Labuan, so whether my salary is actually taken into consideration for substance isn't entirely clear. I'm taking some formal advice from a Malaysian accountancy firm to clarify all of this.

The 5 year permit didn't materialise, so I'm still awaiting a 2 year permit.
 
Hmmm, thanks for the reply Anthony. Much appreciated.

It is this uncertainty which is preventing many people from committing to Labuan. If I have to take on two nominee directors and pay the annual costs and also my agent, what is the total annual cost of maintaining the Labuan company going to come to? Is it close to USD 10K or 30K? What if my own salary (living on mainland) not included in the substance requirements? Far too many uncertainties...

Once these become clear to you I would really appreciate and many others will also benefit if you update us here in this thread. Thanks again.
 
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