Can I claim therapy or mental health treatment for tax in Malaysia?
Yes — a mental-health examination or consultation is claimable, sharing one small combined cap with medical check-ups and self-test equipment.
Mental-health care was brought into the medical relief explicitly, which is worth knowing because many people assume it is not covered. The limitation is the shared allowance: your therapy, a full medical check-up and any self-testing device all draw on the same small combined amount, well below the overall medical relief. Keep the receipts from the practitioner.
The relief this falls under
Medical expenses (serious diseases, fertility, vaccination, dental, examination and mental health, learning-disability intervention) — up to RM10,000.00 for YA 2025
Within that, this specific claim is capped at RM1,000.00.
Official source: LHDN Explanatory Notes Form BE 2025, items G6 (serious diseases, fertility, vaccination, dental), G7 (examination & mental health) and G8 (learning-disability child), overall cap RM10,000
Work out what it is worth to you
Whether a claim helps depends on the rest of your year — what else you have already claimed against the same limit, and what tax you owe. The calculator works it out from your own figures, free and without an account.
Open the income tax calculatorFiskal is an unofficial guide, not LHDN. Every figure here cites its official source and Year of Assessment. Reliefs change year to year — always check the year attached to any figure. Fiskal prepares your figures; you file on MyTax yourself.