{"id":7573,"date":"2025-05-05T08:26:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hashmicro.com\/my\/blog\/?p=7573"},"modified":"2026-02-19T04:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:08:33","slug":"invoice-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hashmicro.com\/my\/blog\/invoice-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Differences Between Tax Invoice and Invoice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your supplier sends an invoice for RM 5,000. Your customer asks for a tax invoice so they can claim SST input credit. Are these the same document? Can you just add a tax number and call it done?<\/p>\n

Not quite. A tax invoice and a regular invoice serve different purposes, contain different information, and have different legal implications. Research shows that 39% of invoices contain errors<\/a>, and one of the most common mistakes is issuing the wrong invoice type.<\/p>\n

Using a regular invoice when your customer needs a tax invoice means they cannot claim their input tax credit. Your records will not match what LHDN expects during an audit. In Malaysia, failure to issue the correct invoice carries fines from RM200 to RM20,000, or imprisonment up to 6 months, or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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