i'm buying 7 jerseys and 2 tee-shirts from kitbag.com.
the total above rm1000, do u think it will get taxed?

i mean how would they know the value of items in my bag?
what if i got it on cheap sale or something?

how much is the value? should be quite low right?
cos i bought last time stuff from kitbag.com also. but its below rm400

where u buy from? how come its gift wrapped wan?

i'm also awaiting my shipment of new MU jerseys. praying nothing will happen.

sometimes wont kena anything wan right?

This post has been edited by nimrod2: Jul 10 2009, 08:03 PM

wait means u ordered the stuff already and now its stuck at the customs? how come fedex faxed u?

why the tax so high? for rm1.4k, 400 is about 30% wor. what did u buy?

i not sure wor. i havent had any experience with this kinda stuff before and i'm awaiting a shipment from UK so i'm kinda worried.

so whats your next course of action? DHL will settle for you?

i think best is you go yourself and talk to the customs officer and try to get of some leniency. i'm not sure what the rate is also.

most of the people say is 10% thats why yours seems kinda high.

do let me know the outcome of your case wish u luck buddy.

sorry i don't even know the tariff codes and there is not much information online to search about with.

anyway i think the tariffs are open to inteperation by the customs officers. thats why sometimes ppl can get away with running from tax.

my shipment arrived today. UPS cleared it and paid my tax of about rm400 (total value is about rm1200).
i complained and said that they never ask me for approval.
then the guy said i should talk to his supervisor who will call me tmr cos he went back already.

any tips / ideas / suggestions to how i can avoid or at least lower the tax? maybe personal usage or something like that?

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books are not taxable

personal and used items are not taxable.
of course they do come with some limits, but generally that is the rule.

your sister could bring them back, because she's used them already.
if you go to singapore and buy the phones, take out the boxes and keep the manuals seperately. at least its harder to tell whether its new.

the items are held in the main entry hubs for that region.

for the northern region is in butterworth i guess.
for central central is at klia.
for southern region is at Jb.

should check the forums before asking, because this is a very popular question.

but the answer is no - computer parts are not taxable

if the packaging is too big, they will get suspicious and maybe will open ler.

see their mood la. but of course they sure want money ma.

hmmmmm just wondering.

if using normal mail service with no tracking, how do u check whether the item is held or not?

just in case.

lol means they dun like people from tanjong malim?

yes it applies to personal items.

they have their own way of calculating the value of the items that pass thru them, so it's not so easy to try to cheat them.
they have after all been doing this everyday for so many years.
so unless u're very creative, i'd play safe

according to the law, personal items of less than rm500 cannot be taxed.
so make sure u know your rights.
but do be careful because the customs will use their own exchange rate when calculating.
so to be safe, keep it slightly less than rm480.

for your case, i'm not sure whether your item can be tax free.
there are some items that arent taxable no matter what the amount i think.
that u have to check with the customs.
safest way to play it would be to check with them, or split your shipments into two.

i think the limit is 400sgd.

what item is that?
a tux?