How Much Duty When Importing A Laptop Via Post?

[tr404]

I have a line on a very good deal for a laptop computer purchased abroad. It would be mailed to me here in Bangkok via UPS from the USA. I need to know how much duty and tax I can expect to pay. Any one out there know?

Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide - Todd

[astral]

Best to go to the Customs office in advance and check.

I believe the rate is 5%,

then 7% VAT on the total which will include the shipping cost!

Make sure it is well insured.

Items like that have a habit of walking,

or at the very least arriving damaged.

[Axel]

I am afraid, nobody would really know. The basis for duty assessment is the value at arrived Bangkok. Generally, this would be the invoice-value plus all transportation and insurance costs. Should the customs decide your value is too low, they will assess a Transaction Value of Similar or Identical Goods (i.e.,the transaction value of identical goods sold for export to Thailand). Here you can get a problem, that customs just says according to our books the value shold be xxxx and not what your invoice says.

Duty commonly is 5% on the cif value (costs = value of the laptop, insurance premium, paid and freight, which you pay to UPS)

The duty - amount you have to pay will be added to the cif amount and on this noew total you have to pay 7% VAT.

As said above, nobody really knows, you might be lucky and find an officer who accepts your paperwork, another one who will not. Important, have the papers available, invoice, Packing list, insurance policy with premium receipt, UPS frieght invoice. Go yourself and as always in Thailand, smile. You might get a better deal than any professional broker.

Another thing. If you have a chance to travel, pick it up abroad, e.g. in Hong Kong

where it is duty free and hand carry into Thailand as your own, customs will not usually bother you with just one.

[Darknight]

if you carry from abroad just make sure it's has it's os installed.

they sometimes want to see it working the confirm you used it before.

[Axel]

if you carry from abroad just make sure it's has it's os installed.

they sometimes want to see it working the confirm you used it before.

Yes, very good advice and take it out of the original packing which better discard off. Keep the manuals, guarantee card etc. separately. Just in case somebody checks you at customs, the idea is the lap top is usualble and for your own use.

Legally, if you live in LOS this is not allowed, but than, as long as you are a farang the customs usually will not bother you too much.

[jingjog]

Does anybody know the procedure of tax and duty, if you order your laptop directly from Dell.com?