SDSAS Is Here — Are You Stamping the Right Documents?

Since the implementation of the Stamp Duty Self-Assessment System (SDSAS), many businesses have focused on stamping employment contract.

But what about other employment-related documents?

In practice, many employers overlook workplace instruments that seem like “minor internal notices” but are actually legally binding agreements, such as:

📌role revision & secondment letters

📌 incentive or bonus agreements

📌settlement agreements

Because they “look like internal notices”.

However, under stamp duty rules administered by LHDN, the obligation to stamp depends on the nature of the instrument — not whether the employee is still in service.

Some documents that appear administrative may still fall within stampable categories.

When such instruments are not properly stamped, it may create uncertainty in areas such as:

✔Effective dates

✔ Revised terms

✔ Enforceability in certain situations

Under SDSAS, the burden of calculating and declaring duty shifts entirely to you. Even instruments that seem minor and may still need to be declared and stamped. These are also documents frequently reviewed during compliance checks. 

Understanding what needs stamping is now part of managing workplace compliance risk.

Join the webinar and you’ll understand:

📌 Employment-related documents that may require stamping

📌 Common mistakes employers make

📌 How to avoid risks (Penalties and Offences)

📅Date: 3 March 2026

⏰ Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

💻 Platform: Zoom

Don’t wait until LHDN knocking