I put together a PC for my parents recently and now my brother in law also wants the same setup at his place.
He asked the question above, I'm not sure how to answer.

I thought it was only applicable for prebuilt PC and laptops, not the self assembled ones.

Can with official receipt.

Can. But need recipet

still have pc promo?

Yes

This I dont quite get.

All purchases come with receipt right.

How about if I buy parts from multiple vendors and have separate receipt from all of them, then cant claim tax?

This post has been edited by Current Events guy: Aug 25 2019, 10:50 PM

Can claim. As long as got reciept.

You can even take your friend's reciept and claim.

Lhdn don't care as long as you got reciept.

can just keep the receipt

Thanks guys.

Also, does it have to be a complete PC (including monitor and kb+m)?

I was just thinking of putting together a computer and reuse current monitor, kb+m.

No need.

as long as u got pay income tax can claim

CANNOT ... Trust or don't trust me depends on you. I was audited once using multiple receipts from my custom build PC. Rejected even though I can prove to them those are parts to build a complete PC. I've to pay for the tax. Can't remember if I were fine.

This post has been edited by laihuhng: Aug 26 2019, 01:00 PM

Is digitalizing the receipt and throw away original copy good enough?

There are 2 important things that you need to do when they "invited" you to Yam Cha. (1) Original Receipt (2) scanned copy / photocopy. You need to show them the original copy while the scanned / photocopy, need to submit to them after Yam Cha session.

So, to answer you, is 50-50. Since these days, receipt can be digitizing copy too, eg. from Lazada. For hardcopy, you need to keep for at least 7yrs.

This post has been edited by laihuhng: Aug 26 2019, 01:12 PM

So was the problem because you used multiple vendors

Or was it because you self assembled a PC

I bought parts from various pc shops to assemble my pc When I submitted all those receipts for tax rebate claim, they rejected me during audit. They don't care even those are parts to assemble a pc.

That means if you buy all parts from 1 vendor, it's still unacceptable

can if got receipt

dont be stingy.. pay your tax promptly

afaik u cannot claim if u buy separate parts from multiple vendor..
if same shop they still can generate receipt as a whole computer.

however i would say its mostly safe even if u "cheat", they would probably not audit u based on u claim computer relief as per schedule.