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Tax Clearance for foreigner/expatriates in Malaysia

hendraptr December 2, 2016 Life and Personal
Sometimes you have to leave your company for some reason. And as a foreign worker, before your last day, you may
need to cancel/ shortened your working visa. But, before you are able to do so, you should clear your tax. And
sometimes, clearing your tax might be a hassle for some people if you don’t have any information on how to do it.
Clearing tax in Malaysia is actually quite simple if you have the check list. So, I’ll share with you my check list for the tax
clearance in Malaysia.
What you need to prepare:
Entry and Departure Schedule : you may record your entry and departure schedule based on the stamps on your
passport. Yes, I know it’s sooo hard especially if you are a frequent traveller, but there’s no choice! psstt, Excel
comes handy to solve this problem, feel free to use it)
Flight ticket to exit Malaysia OR future company o er letter
Acknowledgement receipt e-BE for last year assessment : Lost your receipt? don’t worry, you can get it by logging
in to ezhasil website in https://ez.hasil.gov.my/CI/
BE Form : you can also get it from ezhasil
Original Passport
Passport photocopy (Full pages)
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EA Form from previous year: That’s why, don’t throw away your EA Form after you declare your tax! In some
cases, you might need to present ALL of your EA form during your employment in the current company
By any chance you have claimed for any tax relief or tax rebate, you may need to present the original copy of the
receipt. So, don’t lose your receipt, otherwise you might need to pay the penalty
What your current HR need to prepare:
Leaver form (Cp21) : If your HR is experienced in handling expatriates, then this form will be familiar to them
EA Form for current year assessment
That’s it! what you need to do now is:
1. Call LHDN at 1-800-88-5436 (LHDN) and then ask where is your tax le located. Because you need to go to the
speci ed branch to clear your tax
2. Go to the branch that they speci ed, and don’t forget to bring all of the documents I mentioned earlier
3. Go to the counter and just tell them you want to do your tax clearance, and you all set
4. Typically, they will return your tax clearance documents after 5-7 working days, so please plan your last date in
your current company accordingly.
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63 Responses to "Tax Clearance for foreigner/expatriates in Malaysia"
Rizal Muthi says:

December 9, 2016 at 3:31 am
Tambahan dokumen yang kalo bisa diminta dari perusahaan:

– salary slip (last 3 months)
– Resignation Letter
– Start Date End date Letter
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z says:
Is it all photocopy of passport every pages need to do certify true copy before we submit to LHDN?
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hendraptr says:
Nope, you don’t need a certi ed copy for that, because u r gonna present your original passport during
submission
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Beverley says:
November 24, 2017 at 3:44 am
Hello 🙂
I just want to clarify, is the entry and exit schedule for the whole year 2017 or only while on employment pass ? As previously I have
been on a student pass here since I was in University. It is only schedule as per the employment contract date?
Thanks !
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hendraptr says:
Hi, it should be from the whole stamps that you have in your passport, because they’d like to know your residence
status in Malaysia.
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M says:
January 20, 2018 at 7:03 am
Hi
My passport expired during my stay in Malaysia and my old passport seems to be lost.
Is there any other way to prove my residence status to submit to LHDN?
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hendraptr says:
Hi,
Yes, you may go to the immigration and ask for a print out of your entry/exit.
Of course you may need to ask your embassy to write a declaration letter that states you are the owner of the lost passport.
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M says:
January 20, 2018 at 10:02 am
Hi
Thanks a lot for quick answer
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Rahma says:
February 5, 2018 at 3:41 am
Mas Hendra saya mau tanya

Saya kerja di Malaysia 1 bulan, lalu company saya yang lama minta saya balik kerja di tempat mereka lagi, mereka
pengen sy start 2 minggu lagi
Pertanyaan saya, untuk tax clearance apa bisa diajukan dalam waktu segitu ya mas? di peraturan harus 30 hari, tapi saya harus cepat
mulai kerja lagi di jakarta
Dan lagi kalau misalnya tax clearance saya belum selesai, apa saya bisa pergi dari malaysia dulu?
Trimakasih mohon bantuannya
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Rahma says:
* company saya yang lama ada di Jakarta
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hendraptr says:
Hi Rahma,
Tax clearancenya sendiri tergantung LHDN nya tempat rahma ngurusnya.
Biasanya gaji terakhir di company tempat rahma resign, bakal di hold dulu sama mereka, kalau ga bikin tax clearance, ya gajinya
gak cair biasanya yg bulan terakhir.
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Edhz Alcayde says:

February 10, 2018 at 4:40 pm
Hi. My last day from the company and ight to Singapore is on February 15, 2018 and I am going to the Hasil on February
12.
Will I be able to accomplished the ling of tax clearance and refund request within the day?
And how long will I get the refund?
Will I get it via my bank account?
Reply
hendraptr says:
Hi,
The duration to complete your tax clearance will vary based on the lhdn o cer that take care of your documents.
But given that your request is around chinese new year, I believe it would take a bit longer.
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Diane P says:
Hello, I was on professional visit pass e ective May 2017. My employment pass was released Aug 2017. When counting
residency status for tax refund do they count from date of EP or my rst entry as PVP? Thanks!
Reply
hendraptr says:
Hi Diane,
They count the residency status per Financial Year.
http://lampiran1.hasil.gov.my/pdf/pdfam/PR6_2011.pdf
You may read this link for all of the clause for your residency status.
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krishna says:
March 7, 2018 at 5:43 am
I have a question. i have changed the company, so previous company income tax i have settled and cleared already..
currently i m working in a di erent company. i wanted to le the income tax do i need to Submit the EA form from the
both employer or since i already cleared i only can get from new employers EA form?
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hendraptr says:
March 7, 2018 at 8:49 am
Hi Khrisna, I assume you change company in 2017? You need to sum the value from EA given by the old company
and EA from your new company.
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Lisa says:
March 22, 2018 at 2:18 pm
Hi Hendra,
Can you please share the process for freelancers? I received the checklist from LHDN but the forms do not apply to me, is there a
di erent checklist I must refer to?
Thank you for your help.
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hendraptr says:
March 22, 2018 at 2:19 pm
Hi Lisa,
I’m not sure about freelancers. You may visit the nearest LHDN for better assistance 🙂
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steve says:
April 4, 2018 at 10:08 am
Hi Hendra,
Thank you very much for your useful information.
Regarding to the Entry and Departure Schedule form, would you mind clarifying to me about the two column named “Total days”?
As I am an expat, there’s a little bit di cult to me to understand Malaysian words.
Thanks again for your help.
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hendraptr says:
April 4, 2018 at 12:51 pm
Hi Steve,
Total days is the days you spent in each country.
Example:
Enter Malaysia – 1 Jan, Exit Malaysia 30 Jan, Total Days=30 Days.
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Sandra says:
April 11, 2018 at 9:36 am
halo mas hendra,
melenceng sedikit nih, setelah 6 bulan pertama dipotong 28%, berapakah pajak yg harus kita bayar sebagai expat di malaysia? (jikalau
range penghasilan bulan di 3000-3500RM)
hrd yang saya tanyai hanya menjawab kisaran 2-10%
apakah mas hendra punya pengalaman, biar persenannya lebih spesi k?
thanks before..
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hendraptr says:
April 11, 2018 at 10:06 am
Halo Sandra,
Terima kasih udah mampir kemari…
Untuk amount yg spesi knya, silahkan refer ke tabel berikut:
http://lampiran2.hasil.gov.my/pdf/pdfam/Jadual_PCB_2018.pdf
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Pavana says:
April 12, 2018 at 4:53 am
Hi hendra,
I was on maternity leave and now cannot travel back to Malaysia due to health concerns . My husband at malaysia will be doing a tax
clearance on behalf of me . I have provided him a authorisation letter to do so .
He will be travelling back to home country in another week and he will go to lhdn to submit my documents tomorrow .
May I know whether lhdn sends out the tax clearance certi cates directly to my employer via post or email?
or we have to manually go collect in person and then provide to my employer?
Since my husband is returning in a week , are there any alternatives to reach out the clearance certi cate to my employer ?
Looking forward for your reply .

Thanks
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hendraptr says:
April 12, 2018 at 5:48 am
Hi Pavana,
They could also send the clearance letter to your employer directly via posmalaysia, but usually it’ll take around
1month to reach your employer.
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Maria says:
April 26, 2018 at 6:30 pm
Do you have a rule that working expats required to stay in malaysia in a certain number of days? Or else need to pay the
tax? I have friends who encounter this.
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Sherwin says:
June 17, 2018 at 10:58 pm
Hi Hendra,
I’ve claimed for tax relief since my start of employment in Malaysia in 2015 to 2017. If I’ll leave in August 2018, do I have present all the
receipts that I claimed for the tax relief?
Thanks in advance!
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hendraptr says:
June 18, 2018 at 12:44 am
It depends on the o cer, usually they’ll ask only for the recent receipts
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Shanmugha says:
June 20, 2018 at 3:53 am
HI,
i am an expat from India and I am currently in employment pass in a company . i have a got a new o er and i am switching company
within Malaysia. The new employer asked for tax declaration and i gave 2017 tax clearance letter .
Since i am joining them in 2018 july do i need to do the tax clearence for 2018 (jan to june) or this 2018 tax will be taken over by my new
company and the tax can be cleared in 2019 .?
Kindly help on this issue
Reply
hendraptr says:
June 20, 2018 at 11:39 am
Hi,
You need to do the tax clearance, as the old company will usually hold your last witdrawn salary, until you clear
your tax.
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Vaishnavi says:
July 2, 2018 at 12:58 pm
Hi,
I was taxed as a resident for 2017(stayed for 182 days). I stayed for consecutive year 2018 for 4 months till april ,Will I be
taxed as a resident for 2018 as well?.Initially my tax was RM 3070 later when I requested for tax clearance it was revised to RM 9352..Am
I missing something here?Kindly assist.
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hendraptr says:
July 2, 2018 at 2:41 pm
It depends on your entry exit during 2018, did you ever go out from Malaysia around August-december 2017?
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TaxBoy says:
July 10, 2018 at 9:35 am
I noticed that there is a departure date from Malaysia in the Tax Clearance. Will this be the basis of the Immigration to
set the cancellation date of Employment Pass?
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hendraptr says:
July 10, 2018 at 9:38 am
Hi, it’s another way round, the date that we declare in the tax clearance should be the last date of the employment
pass.
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John abraham says:

September 4, 2018 at 12:28 am
Hi
My contract expired on Aug 14th, I left the country on Aug 12th. I have not done my tax clearance and my contract has
expired. I plan to come back to Malaysia on a social visit pass which i can get on arrival. I would like to know if there is going to be any
issue when i come back or leaving back to my country?
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hendraptr says:
Hi, by right there shouldn’t be any problem as you’ll enter Malaysia using social visit pass.
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BHupendra says:
Hi,
I am working in Malaysia Since 15th January 2018 and my last working day was 13th August. I went to LHDN on 23rd August and
submitted all tax clearance documents and got the acknowledgement receipt. Now in between due to some issues my last warking day
changed to 14th September and I have already booked my ights to go back to my home country.
In such case can anyone else can do the tax clearance on my behalf if I authorized to someone please let me know urgently.
Thanks
BHupendra
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hendraptr says:
September 10, 2018 at 11:18 pm
Hi, it’s better for you to be present during submission of the tax clearance documents. While I don’t have any
a liations with LHDN, you may come/call to their branch and ask them to make sure.
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Chika says:
Hi I am leaving Malaysia at the end of December and my last salary will be Dec 16. But every time my salary will include
commission so I am not sure when I do tax clearance I can say how much I will receive exactly.
When I do tax clearance, will I need to know how much the last salary will be exactly?
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hendraptr says:
Hi Chika, by right, your comission should also be included as part of your annual income
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Vasanth Damodharan says:

If I am moving out if Malaysia without completing 182 days, whether I can get the 28 percent tax amount which has been
deducted every month ?
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hendraptr says:
January 22, 2019 at 2:19 pm
Hi Vasanth,
Is this your rst year in Malaysia? If yes, then you couldn’t refund the 28%, since that’s the tax rate for non-
resident.
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Paolo Tudori says:

March 2, 2019 at 9:03 am
Dear Sir,
I used the foreigner e-gate at KLIA airport a few times and therefore some stamps are missing from my passport.
As such I cannot demonstrate that I have spent more than 182 days in Malaysia.
Is there any other way I can do that? Perhaps getting a record from the immigration or showing my pay slips during that time?
Thank you for your help.
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hendraptr says:
March 11, 2019 at 3:37 pm
Hi Paolo,
You can go to immigration and ask for the printout of your entry exit schedule.
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Munchking says:
May 3, 2019 at 5:41 pm
Regarding the printout of entry/exit schedule, can we get at Immigration branches? Or do we have to go all
the way to Putrajaya? Thanks!
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hendraptr says:
May 7, 2019 at 5:33 pm
I’m not pretty sure about this, you may ask/call their hotline for enquiries
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Raf.FP says:
March 6, 2019 at 10:01 am
Dear Hendraptr,
I am already nish with all the ling at the correct LHDN department exactly 1 year ago, obviously I am outside of Malaysia and back at
my home country. Where do I get the letter of Tax Clearance?
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hendraptr says:
March 11, 2019 at 3:37 pm
Hi Raf,
You mean the ling or the tax clearance? Those are two di erent things.
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Willard K Ore says:

March 10, 2019 at 4:34 am
Hello hendraptr,
My family and I left Malaysia without cancelling the EP Or a tax clearance. Consequently, the sponsoring agent submitted
a police report to cancel the work permit, as required by law.
1. Can I still visit Malaysia or are my family and I blacklisted for a period of time?
2. Can I le my 2018 tax return and tax clearance without any problems? 28% of salary was taxed and I received the EA FORM from the
sponsoring agent as well?
3. Is it even worth trying to le a tax return, or too much of a hassle under the circumstances?
Looking forward to your reply.
Thanks in advance,
Will
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hendraptr says:
March 11, 2019 at 3:43 pm
1. You can still visit Malaysia, the di erence is, you are going to need tourist visa instead.
2. Yes you can le the tax for FY2018 based on your EA form.
3. It depends on your salary bracket (the margin between your tax rate vs 28%), but I could say it’s quite worth it, given that you
are in MY for more than 182 days in 2018.
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dharmaraj says:
March 20, 2019 at 6:53 am
Hi,
I am working in Malaysia in 1 year (2018 Apr to 2019 Mar). my contract period is over. so, i return to my own country, i
am planning to go 5th April 2019.
i am submitted my tax on 15th march 2019. i submitted to tax clearance form on coming Monday only [25.3.19]. because, my company
to delay give the Cp21 form.
if i am submit tax clearance form on Monday. they provide tax clearance letter on before 5-4-2019 ? or it take more time?
if i am not get tax clearance letter, its possible to go back my country? or any problem happens?
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hendraptr says:
March 21, 2019 at 12:47 am
The processing time takes about a week, they usually going to post it to your company. But if you want speed up
the process, you can tell them that you want to collect it yourself, and explain them that ur leaving soon.
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Kannan says:
May 3, 2019 at 8:59 am
Hi,
I from India and working in Malaysia, for 2015 and 2017 I paid my tax as Malaysia residence. but when I go for tax
clearance they ask me to pay extra because I stayed in Malaysia less than 180 days. For company work purpose only I went to India and
stayed more days. Totally they asking me to pay RM28k. Is there any ways to reduce my tax?
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hendraptr says:
May 3, 2019 at 3:23 pm
Hi Kanan, by the regulation, if you are staying less than 182 days in a year in Malaysia, you are obliged to pay
using non-resident tax ( at 28%). By right, the rst time you entered Malaysia, your HR should deduct your salary
by 28% to avoid any disputes during tax clearance.
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Kannan says:
May 7, 2019 at 1:13 am
Thanks for your reply. I am working in Malaysia from 2012. Only 2015 and 2017 only I stayed in Malaysia for
less than 182 days. 2017 i stayed 162 days. my company give me one letter to me, there they mention they
only ask me to work from India. My question is if I submitted that document may I get tax relief from 28%?
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hendraptr says:
May 7, 2019 at 5:36 pm
If you are staying in Malaysia for <182 days in a year, then you are Non-resident.
Hence, you can’t be taxed using resident tax, and refund is not possible.
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Keerthi Checka says:

May 7, 2019 at 2:34 am
Hi,
I have submitted the tax clearance in Malaysia (06-May-2019), they informed that we need wait for two weeks for clearance letter. But i
need to travel back india on (28-May-2019) i have already book the ticket. if my visa is cancelled do i need have clearance letter before
exist from Malaysia.
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hendraptr says:
May 7, 2019 at 5:40 pm
Hi, the clearance letter is usually needed by your company to release your last month salary, without that letter,
they won’t give you your last mth salary.
Btw, you can explain it to LHDN that you’re leaving this country soon, and ask to collect the letter (usually they’ll sent release letter
to your company using Postmail)
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DHARMARAJ says:
May 7, 2019 at 5:47 pm
hi Keerthi,
In my opinion, is When you have submitted the tax clearance letter that time to give 4 email address or phone number.
In daily or 2 days one time you send the email to the tax o ce employee. then only give at least 10-14 days. I got the tax
clearance that way
only.
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Sean says:
May 7, 2019 at 4:04 pm
Hi Hendraptr,
I have been working in Malaysia for few years now and have led for fy2018 recently.
I changed my passport details last year after renewal and now in EZ Hasil i can’t retrieve any of my previous records (acknowledgement
receipt and etc) as if i never existed before.
I have been trying to call LHDN for 2 days on a row however they do not pick up a single time saying line busy.
Is there any way i can retrive my past records?
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hendraptr says:
May 7, 2019 at 5:43 pm
Hi Sean,
I believe you want to retrieve your BE receipt? If that’s the case, you may go to nearest LHDN branch, and explain
your situation. Explain about your situation that you can’t retrieve past BE receipt due to the system limitation.
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DHARMARAJ says:
May 7, 2019 at 5:32 pm
Hi,
Last month (15.4.19) only I got tax clearance letter and I return to India on 18.4.19. Now, I am in India only. here not to easily get an IT
job.
so, I am planning to attend an interview in Malaysia. otherwise, I will come to Malaysia and search job Malaysia only.
If I have come to any trouble is there?

weather Malaysian government are allowed to come and search for the new job?
if allowed means, how many days time to stay and nd a new job?
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hendraptr says:
May 7, 2019 at 5:46 pm
Hi Dhamaraj,
If you enter Malaysia using social visit visa and do your interview in Malaysia then should be okay, as long as you
don’t overstay (kindly check your visa).
Problem will come to you if you overstay in this country without any single visa.
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63 Responses to "Tax Clearance for foreigner/expatriates in Malaysia"

Rizal Muthi says:

Tambahan dokumen yang kalo bisa diminta dari perusahaan:

Mas Hendra saya mau tanya

Trimakasih mohon bantuannya

* company saya yang lama ada di Jakarta

Edhz Alcayde says:

March 7, 2018 at 5:43 am

Thank you for your help.

Thank you very much for your useful information.

Thanks again for your help.

halo mas hendra,

hrd yang saya tanyai hanya menjawab kisaran 2-10%

apakah mas hendra punya pengalaman, biar persenannya lebih spesi k?

Looking forward for your reply .

Kindly help on this issue

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