# SSM Fees: Companies, Businesses and LLPs

> Every SSM fee that matters, taken from the Companies Regulations 2017 schedule, the LLP Regulations 2012 schedule and SSM's business registration guidelines — with the late-lodgement penalty bands.

- Category: business
- Language: en
- Status: published
- Updated: 2026-07-20
- Canonical: https://negaraku.md/en/business/ssm-fees-malaysia

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Three separate fee schedules, three separate statutes, and no single page on SSM's site
that puts them side by side. Company fees come from the Companies Regulations 2017; LLP
fees from the LLP Regulations 2012; business registration fees from SSM's own guidelines
under the Registration of Businesses Act 1956.

All figures below are the prescribed amounts. Late-lodgement penalties and service
provider charges sit on top.

## Companies — Companies Regulations 2017, P.U. (A) 37

### Formation and name

| Matter | Section | Fee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Incorporation, company limited by shares | s.14 | RM1,000 |
| Incorporation, company limited by guarantee | s.14 | RM3,000 |
| Incorporation, unlimited company | s.14 | RM1,000 |
| Reservation of name | s.27 | RM50 per 30 days or part, **max 180 days** |
| Change of name | s.28 | RM100 |
| Appeal to the Minister on a name or an auditor | s.27 / s.247 | RM300 |
| Alteration or amendment of constitution | s.36 | RM30 |
| Conversion, unlimited to limited | s.40 | RM500 |
| Conversion, public to private or private to public | s.41 | RM500 |
| Application to the Minister | s.45 | RM300 |

### Annual filings

| Matter | Section | Fee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Annual return, private company | s.68 | RM150 |
| Annual return, public company | s.68 | RM500 |
| Financial statements, private, audited | s.259 | RM50 |
| Financial statements, private, non-audited | s.259 | RM20 |
| Financial statements, public, audited | s.259 | RM200 |
| Exempt private company certificate | s.260 | RM200 |
| Notification of new firm of auditors | s.265 | RM500 |
| Application for appointment of auditors | s.268 | RM500 |

### Extensions of time

| Matter | Section | Fee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Notice under s.143 | s.143 | RM100 |
| Statement of valuation of assets and liabilities | s.256 | RM100 |
| Lodgement of financial statements | s.259 | RM100 |
| Holding an annual general meeting | s.340 | RM100 |
| Lodgement of a document generally | s.609 | RM100 |

### Charges

| Matter | Private and public | Foreign company |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Registration of a charge (s.352, 354, 355, 356) | RM300 | RM500 |
| Assignment or variation of a charge (s.359) | RM100 | RM300 |
| Payment, satisfaction, release or cessation (s.360) | RM50 | RM150 |

### Strike-off and dissolved companies

| Matter | Section | Fee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Application to strike off | s.550 | RM100 |
| Objection to a strike-off | s.552 | RM300 |
| Withdrawal of a strike-off application | s.553 | RM500 |
| Registrar to represent a dissolved company | s.556 | RM500 |
| Registrar to execute or sign an instrument | s.556 | RM500 per signature |
| Registrar to sell property of a dissolved company | s.558 | 30% of proceeds plus costs |

### Foreign companies

| Share capital converted to ringgit | Registration fee (s.562) |
| --- | --- |
| Not more than RM1,000,000 | RM5,000 |
| Over RM1m up to RM10m | RM20,000 |
| Over RM10m up to RM50m | RM40,000 |
| Over RM50m up to RM100m | RM60,000 |
| Over RM100,000,000 | RM70,000 |
| **Without share capital** | **RM70,000** |

| Ongoing foreign company matter | Section | Fee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change of name | s.567 | RM250 |
| Financial statements and reports | s.575 | RM200 |
| Annual return | s.576 | RM500 |

### Searches, copies and everything else

| Matter | Fee |
| --- | --- |
| Inspection of register (s.601) | RM10 |
| Copy or extract of a document (s.601) | RM10 |
| Certification of a lodged document | RM10 |
| Corporate profile, federal ministry or agency | Nil |
| Corporate profile, electronic | RM10 |
| Corporate profile, non-electronic | RM30 |
| Company information, electronic | RM20 |
| Company information, non-electronic | RM30 |
| Involvement of a shareholder, director, secretary, auditor or liquidator | RM50 |
| Issuance of a certificate or a copy | RM20 |
| Rectification of the register (s.602) | RM300 |
| Lodgement of a court order | RM100 |
| Confirmation by the Registrar | RM50 |
| Any document not specifically listed | RM100 |
| Prospectus registered with the SC (s.154) | RM1,000 |
| Prospectus lodged and registered (s.155) | RM2,000 |
| Supplemental or replacement prospectus (s.166) | RM1,000 |
| Statutory declaration to commence business (s.190) | RM500 |
| Application to the Minister for exemption (s.153) or an order (s.177) | RM300 |
| Application for declaration of investigation (s.590) | RM300 |

## Businesses — Registration of Businesses Act 1956

These are **annual** rates. You select a registration period of one to five years and pay
the rate for each year.

| Matter | Fee |
| --- | --- |
| Sole proprietorship using the personal name on the identity card | RM30 per year |
| Sole proprietorship or partnership using a trade name | RM60 per year |
| Registration of each branch | RM5 per year |
| Business information print | RM10 |

Renewal is charged at the same rates. Registration runs for a period not exceeding five
years (s.5(3) of ROBA 1956), and renewal likewise not exceeding five years at each
renewal (s.5A(2)).

**These fees apply in Peninsular Malaysia and the Federal Territory of Labuan only.**
Section 1(2) of ROBA 1956 confines the Act to Peninsular Malaysia. Sabah and Sarawak run
separate regimes with separate fees.

## Limited liability partnerships — LLP Regulations 2012

| Matter | Section | Fee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Registration of a new LLP | s.10(1) | RM500 |
| Conversion into an LLP | s.31(1) and (2) | RM500 |
| Reservation of a name | s.14(1) | RM30 |
| Change of name | s.15(1) | RM100 |
| Change in registered particulars | s.17(1) | RM30 |
| Annual declaration | s.68(1) | RM200 |
| Inspection | s.70(2) | RM10 |
| Rectification | s.71 | RM150 |
| Any other document required by the Registrar | s.77 | RM100 |
| Certification of a document | — | RM5 per page |
| Supply of prescribed information | — | RM5 per item |
| Supply of non-prescribed information | — | RM3 per item |
| Corporate profile of an LLP | — | RM20 |
| Certificate or a copy of a certificate | — | RM20 |
| Registration of a court order | — | RM100 |
| Confirmation of LLP status | — | RM50 |
| Extension of time | — | RM50 per 30 days or part, max 6 months |
| Partner or statistical report | — | RM100 for first 2,000 rows, RM1 per row after |
| Supply of information to government agencies | — | 50% of the prescribed fee |
| Application to the Minister | — | RM100 |
| Any application where no fee is prescribed | — | RM100 |

## Late lodgement penalties

Practice Directive 1/2017, revised 1 October 2024, paragraph 17. The bands begin after
**seven days** of default and rise with the length of the delay:

| Entity | Penalty bands |
| --- | --- |
| Private company | RM50 / RM100 / RM150 / RM200 |
| Public or foreign company | RM150 / RM250 / RM300 / RM500 |

Paragraph 18 gives the Registrar a remission power. There is no published late-lodgement
scale for beneficial ownership filings — do not assume one exists.

## Processing times SSM actually publishes

- **Business registration certificate** — within one hour of the payment transaction for
  a new registration, and within fifteen minutes for a renewal, which is auto-approved
  when done through EzBiz.
- **Foreign company** — notice of registration within one working day of a compliant
  submission.
- **Certificates and business info** — downloadable for 90 days from the approval date
  through the SSM4U portal. After that you pay again.

SSM does not publish an equivalent service standard for company incorporation or for LLP
registration.

## Common mistakes

- **Treating the RM1,000 incorporation fee as the cost of starting a company.** It is one
  line. The first year also carries a company secretary, a registered office and the
  annual return.
- **Quoting the ROB fees as one-off.** RM30 and RM60 are per year of the registration
  period selected.
- **Assuming a name reservation can be renewed indefinitely.** The cap is 180 days.
- **Paying RM50 to reserve a name you intend to use immediately.** Direct incorporation
  folds the name check into the RM1,000 application.
- **Budgeting a branch registration at the RM1,000 rate.** A foreign company branch
  starts at RM5,000 and reaches RM70,000, and RM70,000 is also the flat rate where there
  is no share capital.
- **Missing that unaudited financial statements are cheaper to lodge.** RM20 against
  RM50 — small, but it is a real consequence of qualifying for audit exemption.

## What's next

Price the recurring line, not the formation line. For a private company that is RM150
plus RM50 a year before anyone's professional fee; for an LLP, RM200; for an enterprise,
RM30 or RM60. Then check whether your entity is in Sabah or Sarawak, because none of the
ROB figures on this page apply there.

## Sources

- Companies Regulations 2017, P.U. (A) 37 — Schedule (Regulation 8), Fees — https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/pua_20170126_P.U.%20(A)%2037.pdf (Attorney General's Chambers)
- Table of Fees — Registration of Company (ROC) — https://www.ssm.com.my/Pages/Services/Registration-of-Company-(ROC)/Table-of-Fees.aspx (SSM)
- Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2012 — Schedule — https://www.ssm.com.my/Pages/About_SSM/PDF/LLP%20REGULATIONS%202012.pdf (SSM)
- Guidelines for Registration of New Business — https://www.ssm.com.my/Pages/Register_Business_Company_LLP/Business/Business-Document/guidelines_for_registration_of_new_business_05062018.pdf (SSM)
- Practice Directive 1/2017 (Revised 1 October 2024) — Late Lodgement Penalties — https://www.ssm.com.my/Pages/Legal_Framework/Document/Practice%20Directive%201_2017%20(Revised)%201%20Oct%202024.pdf (SSM)
- Guidelines for Registration of Foreign Company — https://www.ssm.com.my/Pages/Legal_Framework/GUIDELINES/gl6_bi_guidelines_for_registration_of_foreign_company_201117_0.pdf (SSM)

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