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Registering a Side Business in Malaysia 2026: SSM's Real Fees, the Two Schemes That Make It Free, and the RM50,000 Line You Cross by Not Renewing
Registering a sole proprietorship with SSM costs RM30 a year if you trade under the name on your identity card and RM60 a year if you want a business name. That is the whole fee. Two official schemes reduce it to nothing, one for B40 recipients and full-time students, one for OKU cardholders, and only the second of the two also covers renewal. The part that catches people is at the other end: continuing to trade after the certificate expires is an offence under the Registration of Businesses Act 1956 carrying a fine of up to RM50,000, up to two years in prison, or both. Every figure here was read off SSM's own fee table and guideline documents on 6 September 2026. Re-checked and extended on 9 September against SSM's Responsibility of Business Owner sheet, which adds the parts the fee table does not: the same RM50,000 also applies to never registering in the first place, there are RM10,000 and RM2,000 tiers below it, and the rung between RM60 and a RM1,000 Sdn Bhd is a PLT at RM500.
Your First Driving Licence in Malaysia 2026: JPJ Fixes the Price of Exactly One Class, and It Is Not the Car
JPJ publishes a fee for almost everything it touches. A learner licence for a car is RM30 for three months, a probationary licence is RM60 for two years, the theory test is RM27 plus 8% SST and a retake is RM17 plus 8%. Add every government fee a first-time car driver pays and it comes to well under RM200. The bill people actually pay is RM1,477 for a manual and RM1,577 for an automatic at one Melaka institute, because JPJ states plainly that it does not set driving institute prices. There is one exception, and one way to pay nothing at all.
Transferring a Car in Malaysia 2026: It Is RM137.80, Not RM130 — and Only Four of Carro’s Eight Centres Are Actually Open
Selling a used car privately costs far less in fees than most people assume, but the number almost every guide prints is wrong. The JPJ transfer is RM100 for a private vehicle and RM3 for a motorcycle, filed on mySIKAP. The inspection that must come first is quoted as RM30 and actually costs RM37.80 once the RM5 booking fee and 8% SST are added. Two things changed this year in the seller's favour: the inspection report is now valid for 120 days instead of 60, and Puspakom is no longer the only inspector. But Carro's eight announced centres are not all open — only four are, and all four are in the Klang Valley.