In this Sunday practical from our AI news podcast for Malaysia, Aiman leads four steps to sort a year of receipts with AI for your YA2026 personal income tax relief. We cover what to gather, how to let a chatbot read receipts safely, how to match them to LHDN’s relief categories, and what never to upload, all with real ringgit costs.

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Also in this episode: LHDN’s pilot to pre-fill relief claims from e-invoices, and why many small shops still won’t send one after the exemption threshold rose to RM3 million. In an update to our Budget 2027 episode, AI subscriptions only count for relief from 1 January 2027. We cover the new RM1,000 tourism and culture relief, wider childcare relief for children up to 12, what Google says about human review of Gemini chats, LHDN’s seven-year record rule, and June’s fake LHDN emails. An illustrative Bangi family goes through all four steps for RM0, or about RM288 a year. The Big Question returns to choosing between the AI giants.

Timestamps 0:04 Cold open: the glovebox of receipts 0:30 Meet the hosts 1:10 Step 1: gather everything, and LHDN’s e-invoice pre-fill pilot 2:51 Step 2: let AI read receipts, after you crop them 4:43 Step 3: match to LHDN relief categories, and what changed for YA2026 6:26 A word from AI-YA 7:05 Step 4: store for seven years, what never to upload, and a worked example 10:26 The Big Question: American chatbot or Malaysian-hosted tool? 11:26 The Verdict: Google AI Plus for tax receipts 12:21 One thing to do today 12:46 Tomorrow: SME and tools day

Today’s Verdict: Google AI Plus (RM23.99 a month) for sorting a family’s tax receipts. Aiman: Free cukup. Mei Ling: Bayar. Raj: Hype.

Stories and sources

• LHDN encourages taxpayers to request e-invoices for individual tax relief (New Straits Times, 9 May 2026)
• More than 268,000 taxpayers submit 1.99 billion e-invoices; exemption threshold now RM3 million (Bernama, 1 October 2026)
• LHDN tax relief limits, latest table YA2025 (hasil.gov.my)
• EY Take 5: Malaysia Budget 2026 personal tax relief changes (PDF)
• More taxpayers can maximise their claims, say experts (The Star, 11 October 2026)
• Fulfilling the responsibility of a taxpayer: keep relief records for seven years (LHDN-hosted, PDF)
• Gemini Apps Privacy Hub (Google)
• Google AI Plus stays at RM23.99 in Malaysia, now with 400GB (Pokde, June 2026)
• Data protection laws in Malaysia (DLA Piper)
• Scammers are sending fake LHDN emails (The Rakyat Post, 10 June 2026)

Standing thread: T4 Between the giants.

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