Can I claim a smartphone for tax in Malaysia?
Yes — a smartphone is covered by the lifestyle relief, provided it is not used for your business.
A smartphone or tablet bought for personal use falls under the lifestyle relief, on the same terms as a personal computer. It shares one limit with your reading materials, internet subscription and skills courses, so a phone and a laptop in the same year will usually exceed it between them.
The relief this falls under
Lifestyle — up to RM2,500.00 for YA 2025
Official source: LHDN Tax Reliefs page, YA 2025 table, item 9
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.