As title, dunno whether to buy now or later.....@.@

Quite possibly. Afaik, camera equipment wont be exempted and will incur the 10% tax

10% is alot for camera equipment

True, but it's not a necessity item. I.e you don't need it to survive, unless your job revolves around using a camera and the equipment 😅

https://mysst.customs.gov.my/GeneralGuide

Just checked MYSST on Kastam's website. All digital and DSLR cameras will be taxes 10%.

Photographic camera lenses, oddly, are exempt.

The photographic flash is also going to be taxed a full 10%.

seriously?????
thx for the info btw.....

er..... so strange that lenses r exempted but camera r not..... @.@...

This post has been edited by YH820: Aug 24 2018, 12:53 AM

likely because medical equipment also using lenses

pre gst era, all lense n camera are exempted right?
or only lens are exempted those days

It's quite likely not. I would imagine the current SST taxation system will borrow heavily from the pre-GST era tax system, which basically rules out cameras as an exempt item, but can't say for sure about the camera lenses.

pardon my england

what u mean was, during pre GST, which is exempted from tax? camera or lens?

Camera likely wasnt exempted. Lens I'm not too sure at that time

all I remember was camera equipment no tax(camera body itself I can't be sure) , sports equipment no tax, computers no tax (peripheral yes)

Then that was probably true. Can't remember so far back That was nearly 3 - 4 years ago

Yes. Just got back from a shop. The guy said Canon has already confirmed their SST price. It's a 20% increase for cameras. Effective next Monday.

Even more expensive than GST era.

A7iii for body only from 7800 will be looking at 5 figures when SST kicks in. KNN.

Lenses are exempt because medical equipments also share the same category.

Wow, that is incredibly high. Definitely worse before when GST was around. I suppose it would be wise to buy whatever equipment or camera that you have been dreaming to get now before the tax kicks in.

I'm wondering if I just pre order now at with current pricing, is it possible seller jack the price aftr sst implemented?

Even though lenses are exempted, price may increase all together......
so.... not sure whether the sales person wanna boost current sale or wat, they r saying will increase after sst implement.....@.@

from 7800 to 10k++??

sounds like bullshit to me

Not just SST. Sony is also raising their prices due to high demand for that particular model.