Market guide

Construction payment in Malaysia

Malaysian payment is governed by CIPAA 2012, the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act. Payment claims and payment responses run to statutory deadlines, with a right to adjudication, and conditional payment terms such as pay-when-paid are void. Service tax of 6% has applied to construction services since 1 July 2025, for providers over the RM1.5m threshold, with purely residential work excluded.

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Payment date calculator Put in your contract form and the date of the application, and get the four dates back: payment due, payment notice, pay-less deadline and the final date for payment. See how it works Statutory payment dates Payment notice, final date for payment and pay-less deadline, counted from the periods your own contract form carries rather than from a template. See how it works The blog One hundred and seventy four pieces on payment, valuation, variations, retention and the final account, with no sign-up and no sales pitch at the end. See how it works

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Value the work, hold the retention, count the dates and keep the record. QScope runs the same way wherever the job is, thirty days free and without a card.

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