I want to buy a new laptop to reduce my income tax bill. The allowance is RM3k for computers so I want to spend as close to RM3K as I can. I guess my priorities are the weight, battery life and speed of the laptop.

Any recommendations appreciated.

https://www.lowyat.net/2016/110392/xiaomi-u...i-notebook-air/

How about Aspire E5-574G NX.G3ESM.001 ?

Spec Windows 10 Home
Intel® Core™ i7-6500U processor 2.50 GHz
39.6 cm (15.6") HD (1366 x 768) 16:9
Nvidia® GeForce® 920M with 2 GB Dedicated Memory
4 GB, DDR3L SDRAM
1 TB HDD
Up to 12 hours battery
Price 2899 rm

Asus ZENBOOK UX305CA

Intel m3-6Y30, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 128GB SSD, 13.3" FHD, 1.2KG

RM2.8k

Do you know what's the difference betwwen UX305CA and UX305UA? Price almost the same?

Vostro 5459 i7 dfo

free dos ?

Dfo la...

ca is m3 - 6y30 processor, UA is i5 , i7 processorr

with windows or free dos ?

Win n gold

DELL Notebook VOSTRO 3459 (6200U/4/500/W10W7/2G-AMD M315/14") @rm2699

Mlink commercial promotion..

Yesterday only launch... Some price same as dfo.. low end 1...

MSI CX62, i5 GTX 940, 4G + 128G, RM 2899

How much tax cut after getting it anyways. I used an online calculator and added and removed the 3k relief. Only 500 reduction in tax. sweat

It should be RM3K. As far as I'm aware, the allowance is RM3000 every 3 years. There is also RM300 for sports equipment per year and RM1k for books per year. Oh, and RM500 per year for a medical check up.

It's best to talk to an accountant or someone from your HR department as I'm not an expert but that's my understanding of the system.

In the end I went for the Acer S 13 with the i7 and touch screen. It worked out to be RM3,488 on Gemfive with the discount voucher.

3k is the max allowance for laptops. the calculation should be I think lah,

total income times a certain percentage depending on your income bracket taxable income - tax allowance.

Anyways mine is just 500rm off my total tax.

RM34k is the income tax threshold. If you earn less than that in one year, you don't pay any tax. If you earn more than that you have to pay according to the scale. At the lower end of the scale the tax is quite reasonable but it gets higher the more you earn.

If you are only paying RM500 in income tax then that's the most you can claim back. If that's the case, you may as well spend RM500 on a medical check up or books.

It's either that or give it to Najib.

you can look for this models as below

MSI CX62, i5 GTX 940, 4G + 128G, RM 2899
GL62 6QE-1256 i7-6700HQ/1TB/4G/GTX950M,2GD5/WIN10/15.6" (RM3599)

if u buying laptop merely to reduce tax not fully utilizing it then no point, 3k non-taxable only will reduce few hundred ringgit.. its % not exactly 3k..

This post has been edited by mytaffeta: Sep 13 2016, 11:47 PM

Hi,
or spend the RM500 on the donation...Lol...
the laptop around RM3k as below,
MSI CX62, i5 GTX 940, 4G + 128G, RM 2899

if just for reduce income tax purpose, u can choose MSI GL62 i5 with GT940MX, 1TB HDD, built in steelseries keyboard, 15.6" screen size, win10 preloaded, built in extra slot for M.2 SSD (u can upgrade in future), with some gaming features. costly ard RM3,099.00.