I am not telling you to evade tax, just to bypass Finas. Finas will take long time and if unapproved your dvds may be seized(they can make up various reasons) just like electronics may require sirim. Pay your tax and rm50 you are good to go. An example is the butterworth kastam, they refuse to even type the clearance form and process anything for you until you try to pay them extra, I was not there once but many times until I got fed up with them. They are not even doing their work, they are walking around chatting , eating, spinning their pens and some even wear slippers (selipar jepun). The officer will start opening thick books and try to scare you saying this and that and they won't let you argue what you have read, they are only scared of someone with higher authority than them or can guarantee them extra income. If you still refuse to pay they will say tunggu and make you wait then after waiting they will tell you hari ini sangat sibuk, datang esoklah. The department is tainted no matter how, most officers got into this department in the first place because of money.

alright got the picture. i will be heading there tommorow and see wat will happen.

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Added on December 28, 2007, 2:51 pmI reach Ground Zero around 10.15 at the Pos Office. Go to Pos Office Room
No 2 and the blue man gave me the letter which was supposed to sent by them informing me to bring an invoice or any other supported documents. They are Very smart, trying to hold this document from posting to us so that they can provide clearance service for us with add cost.

After that I was told to head to counter 1 to retrieve the parcel. Here they asked you to sign first to release the parcel and your pass been held. Box was Stamped - Di Bawah Tahanan Kastam. Parcel is still not open.

Proceed to Counter 2 to open the parcel and curiosity always make them ask what's inside. Told them it's DVD and quantity is 4. Very short conversation and told to proceed to counter 3 where a lady kastam will again screen the item . Same question, what is it? How many is it? Is it a Drama or Single DVD? Watch out here, they may want to find out more details now. I told them its single movie. Told me to Declare with Kementerian Dalam Negeri.

Go Back in to Room 2 and declare a Custom Form 1. Here the guy will ask you again, dalam apa. Give me a RM 18 paper for EDI wonder what the hell is EDI for, and told to pay at Counter 6.

At counter 6, I make the full payment and proceed back to ROOM 2. Than the idiot starts this stupid question, ada invoice ke. I feel like bashing him since they didn't sent the letter to me but a letter informing me to engage them as agent only. I said no and I gave him an estimation of RM 200. He said OK and walked back. A few minutes later, he came out and give me the Custom Form with filled information of the tax figure 30% + 10% together with the YesAsia.com invoice which he had it all the time. Damn !! I guess he must be disappointed to see DIY in place.

Here's the Best Part, Below the form there's a very UNIQUE Stamping or Hidden CODE that will give Exemption to this Goods , Below RM 500 is Exempted from Tax. Now who said is RM 1000 . I have the prove, later I will post the image. Total Cost is RM 0 even though you can see the amount of tax they calculated using 30% + 10% in the tax column.

I continue to go back to the Counter 3 and I asked her, less than RM 500 won't get tax is it? She Said Ya!..My heart was like...pumping 100 times faster than b4.

Now, I have to go to the Kementerian Dalam Negeri Office opposite the road which is about 1 KM away and the time now is about 11.30 am. 30minutes b4 they close for Prayers. My Strategy seems to work...I still have 2 offices to visit there before walking back to see this Lady Kastam again at Counter 3. Kind of National Secret Exploration now.

At Floor 2 ( KDN office), I declare again and straight away the friendly guy asked me if this is Porn kah!!! I said bukan lah, kalau porn sure kena sekat by you. Than he asked me , Kenapa Sudah Buka, I told him the Kastam there asked to open. He gave me the Duck Tape and asked to Seal it back again. I asked him what time is your Prayer, he said very soon. He called me Boss ( I wonder why he said that), boleh tolong saya isi ke...h. I said no problem. I knew time is running out for them and they quickly gave back to me and asked me to go to Floor 6 to do the same thing.

At the 6th Floor, two ladies sitting there, One of them took my DVD and show to Puan Yip which was the Head of Chinese Entertainment Materials. Another Girl will register in her PC for the Custom Form and I fill up the registration book. I have 15 minutes left to go back to the Pos Office where I came from. The girl came out and told me to go to Floor 2 to let the guy downstairs screen my movie...I was like Huh!! Again!!... Than she turn the Form and saw a stamped LEPAS!! by the GUYS in Second Floor. Oh!! U sudah pergi!!! I said ya, Tadi sudah Check! I love those second floor Guys...( By the way, if they want to see the movie at their own sweet time there , u still have to let them. I saw they have TV and Players there to screen the movies.)

Run Back to the Pos Office and the Guard stopped me n said apa dalam. DVD Encik.. Apa DVD? Korea. Saya pergi sebelah sana to get release. You Jalan kah!! I said Yes. Guard said Cepat!! Cepat!! Lagi 10 minute mau tutup. Went back there and luckily no queue at the Counter 3 but I start to see CROWS ( Forwarders Agents start to swarm in at the Counter) , these people knew the loopholes I guess. From there, HomeRUn!! All the Custom Form Stamped One By One by her without any further questions asked.

Went to collect my pass and said Bye to the Guard.

Damage: RM 18 to Declare , RM 15 Petrol and Tol Rate.
1 and a Half Hour Salary Rate Gone.

Benefits: You know what to do next time.






This post has been edited by hackwire: Dec 28 2007, 02:51 PM

hi guys, can anyone tell me how much football jerseys will be taxed? i tried looking it up, but i found it to be not taxable. however, i've heard of many, many stories of football jerseys bought online that got stopped by kastam.

so, how should i go about looking it up? i think i might've typed the wrong keyword or looked in the wrong place.

Swt .. that website is ... so blur

Anyways do they tax handphones ?

i want to ask, where can i check whether goods subject to tax or apply import permit...

usually i bought Telecomunication items(such as mobile) and also Computer items..

Please advise

hackwire, I read your ordeal on post 182 and I am absolutely horrified at the way things are done.

So far I've only bought one KR/JP dvd at a time, think I've no choice but to continue this way.

nil means i won't be taxed rite ?
so if i import a laptop i won't get taxed rite ?

if i buy music CD from ebay will kena tax or not? let say like 2-3 music cds?

if i buy books from ebay will kena tax?

3 cds also kena tahan and have to drive all the way to klia? aiya, malaysia dont have ke?

anyway, so far i order like 4kg of lingeries twice, haven kena tahan yet. thank god! my parcel is about the size of pillow. is there minimum weight for the custom to tahan?

sorry i cant contribute to answer, im a noob in buying things from overseas

well i ordered a bunch of DVDs, didn't get stopped. I bought toys from Japan, no one stopped either.

just wanna ask
if i buy chilli seeds and other agro stuff from ebay or oversea do i need to apply any import permit(AP)?
how about the tax?
because im quite scared if the customs hold the shipment and accused me of smuggling or somethin like that

any help would be apreciated

im confuse... the delivery from overseas to malaysia will go under Pos Malaysia?

last time i order a thick book, it was deliver to my house not under pos malaysia. i forgot how the lady in US delivery it. maybe private courier? so i was wondering private courier do not go through pos malaysia? because the item was infront of my door without any letter asking me to take it at any pos malaysia. but i found out there is a hole under the box. maybe books no tax?

second item, was 3 dvd, this one i received the red card asking to collect at pos malaysia, it was at miri pos office. but then the person who incharge let me go, because the kastam people not back from lunch yet funny, he ask me run but make it like walking LOL!

You are really lucky.

If I have not mistaken, You can be slapped with 30% tax for buying DVDs.

how bout shoes and jeans?

still havent confirm on books... nobody know if it kena tax or not?

if oversea friend send present/gift with books, dvd, also kena tax ah?

some say, put BIRTHDAY GIFT on the box

Not sure what the limit is for books before customs can tax you. But I always keep the cost+shipping under RM500 for both books and DVDs.

So far, not a single shipment detained or taxed by customs.

Books are not taxable. I have been bringing in thousands of dollars worth of books over the last few years and they have never been taxed.

how about if we buy some electronic goods from overseas...example cd players, do they charge tax on it?

Woa... 30% tax?? damm, i ingat nak angkat DS lite + Flash cart at the end of these month, but after reading some of Thread reply... do our KASTAM really Tahan our Pakage? yeah, DS lite packed in a box and kinda heavy too(maybe up to 1 kg i think?) plus it price is more than rm 600, so will my DS Lite be stamped with Dibawah Tahanan Kastam?

like my toys, they were delivered when i'm not at home. so i was told to collect at Pos Malaysia office in Jinjang area