What the TIN is
The TIN is the number Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (LHDN) assigns to a taxpayer in Malaysia. It follows you across every tax you deal with: SST, income tax and withholding. Businesses that pay you will ask for it before they release payment, because they report their suppliers to Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (LHDN) by this number.
Who needs one
Anyone with income liable to tax, every employee under Monthly Tax Deduction, and every company, partnership, LLP and employer. Citizens and permanent residents aged 18 and over already have a TIN: LHDN registers them automatically from National Registration Department records, so most people are looking for a number they already have rather than applying for one.
How to register, step by step
- Check first. Log in to MyTax and open Carian TIN, then search by identity card or passport number for a person, or by business registration number (BRN) for a company. MyInvois has the same search.
- If there is no TIN, choose e-Daftar in MyTax and pick the taxpayer type: individual, company, employer, partnership or LLP.
- Attach the supporting document: identity card or passport for an individual, the SSM business registration certificate for a sole proprietor or partnership, the section 15 notice of registration or section 17 certificate of incorporation for a company.
- Keep the application number. LHDN issues the tax reference number within three working days and you check progress with that number.
- On first login without a digital certificate, register one through e-CP55D on the web or e-KYC by face verification.
How to find or check a TIN
MyTax has a Carian TIN (TIN search) menu, open since 1 January 2025: identity card or passport number for an individual, BRN or registered name for a company. It returns one matching TIN. The same search sits in the MyInvois portal and in the Validate Taxpayer's TIN API. Malaysian citizens can also reach it with MyDigital ID.