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~

get some courier company to get it for u...

that's how i get my laptop from Amazon... (back to Singapore, though)

how ah??
courier to US address and get the courier company to pick up from there?

After I have listened to all the opinions from you guys, I think I have to give up on buying laptop from Malaysia and ship it to Germany as I afraid the custom at Malaysia & Germany will check it ... and tax me "kao kao" ...

The current problem that I'm facing now is all the laptops at Germany come with German version OS ... and I really can't adapt and fluent in their language yet ... I think I have to think another alternatives ...

This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: Feb 6 2010, 07:56 AM

yes, buy there better.
buy 1 retail version of English OS at Malaysia or Online. then buy notebook at Germany. OR just buy notebook with Ultimate Win7 at Germany, because only Ultimate version can change the entire language interface. 34 language packs are downloadable.
Dint you consider any services you might need after sales?
all famous computer brand have international warranty, but is depend on the specified model supportted in fact.
unless you're 100% sure that the model you interested selling and supported at Germany.

This post has been edited by djlah: Feb 6 2010, 11:14 AM

check with German Customs...

for me, i bought a laptop half a year ago to bring along for my study in Australia... for my case, since i am a student (with Student Visa, of course), new laptops (ie 6mths old or less in AU Customs' definition) are tax free...