Update: LHDN MyInvois Portal – New Validation Rules for Phone Number & E-Mail Fields

LHDN has updated the validation rules for Phone Number and E-Mail fields. These changes apply to both Supplier (Company Information) and Customer (Card Information) details.

If your getting Error Code CF401, CF403, CF410 when submitting E-Invoices, these updates may be the reason.

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📱 Phone Number Validation Rules

The Contact Number for both Supplier and Customer must follow strict formatting:

✅ Accepted Format:

• + symbol (optional)

• Digits only (e.g. 0123456789 or 60123456789)

• Country code (e.g. 65) is accepted

• Mobile or landline numbers are accepted if they follow the format

❌ Not Allowed:

• Hyphens (-)

• Spaces

• Alphabets

• Special characters (e.g. @, #, !, etc.)

🛠 Example Fix:

Invalid	Valid
[phone]	[phone]
012 345 6789	0123456789
abc1234567	1234567

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📧 E-Mail Validation Rules

The E-Mail Address field is required for both Supplier and Customer.

✅ Accepted Format:

• Must not be blank 

• No spaces

• Only allows the following characters: @, ., _, -, ;

If your customer does not have an email address, enter just a semicolon (;) to indicate this.

❌ Not Allowed:

• Blank fields

• The word "NA" or "N/A"

• Spaces

• Special characters outside of @, ., _, -, ;

🛠 Example Fix:

Invalid	Valid
test @email.com	[e-mail]
N/A	;
customer@domain!.com	[e-mail]

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🔁 What To Do

Please review and clean up the Phone Number and E-Mail fields in both:

• Your Company Information

• Your Customer/Supplier Card File Information

This will help prevent validation errors when submitting E-Invoices to LHDN through ABSS.