Hello guys,

I would like to ask you guys about the tax regarding on IT products. For example, do I need to pay for tax for a laptop if I buy it from other countries and ship it to Malaysia? Or just have to pay for the shipping fee.

afaik nope..but there is a tax for computer accessories

Have you try before to buy something outside Malaysia and shipped it?

No tax for notebook.
My friend tried bought one from ebay US.

if u buy and personally bring it over,
it should not be taxed
however, if you shipping,
there will be problem,
custom might not let you pass
but this i cannot confirm whether is true or not

Biggest worry about shipping is theft and damages! Ensure you buy from reputable site/person. And check the shipping company is reliable.
Secondly ensure warranty and service is available at that destination country.
And don't let bolehland custom takes advantages of non-dutiable products.

BTW My Dell laptop is shipped from China to Malaysia.

Hence, the laptop actually is a tax free IT product?
Moreover, may I know why you bought your Dell laptop from China and not from the local Dell retailers or via website? How much did they charge you for the delivery fee anyway? and did the custom taxed you anything?

Weh, Dell's assembly plant is in China thats why............

This post has been edited by Eugene91: Feb 5 2010, 09:06 AM

Thus, every Dell products that we buy at Malaysia are shipped from China?

they assembly at china, how can they not ship from there?

What I would like to ask if we buy our laptop from other countries besides of Malaysia and ship it into Malaysia, will it be tax free or ... we have to pay something besides of shipping fee (of course) ...?

i honestly cannot be sure about this
u may want to ask at sager thread as i believe most of them purchase their laptop online from murco asia
beware if you make the purchase from Ebay, u need to bear the custom fee if there is any...
from my experience, purchase item from ebay is really depends on luck one
apart from authenticity and quality, u dunno if the custom will tear out and check what is inside..

I heard some fella HP HDX 16 got seized at customs for not paying tax..

He returned the unit back to the seller and request seller mark it as "RMA Unit" / "Repaired Unit" ..

I even emailed Xoticpc before.. They say custom taxation we have to bear ourself..

same thing like every item i bought was stamped "gift" on the envelop...

EVen my Ubuntu 9.10 disc had stamp stating Free Promotional CD/DVD

Yup, the things we have to do to avoid these custom people 'suka hati' rules.

got a letter of declaration attached one ler...
that one sure no worries de la...even custom check also have to let pass..
under GNU license de~

juz request the sender to declare as RMA Unit should do the trick...

Same trick applies to buying from amazon?

no,sorry but to say u cant
do u understand how ebay seller operates?
Amazon is different thing, yes some of the price are really tempting...
but alas, mostly cannot ship to malaysia~