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Offline ciajuin

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Want to purchase watch online in Japan
« on: June 01, 2019, 12:42:19 PM »
Hi,

I want to purchase a watch online from Japan.
Anyone know there have any tax charge by customs when ship to Malaysia?
The courier service will be use is EMS.
Anyone have the experience buy watch online?


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Offline hsnrhashim

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Re: Want to purchase watch online in Japan
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2019, 05:01:52 AM »
I bought a watch from The Watch Company via Chrono24. They shipped it via Fedex and declared the watch in the custom form as Precision Instrument. No tax was imposed.


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Re: Want to purchase watch online in Japan
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2019, 07:55:46 AM »
If declared as watch then will have to pay for the tax?
The seller ship by using EMS


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Re: Want to purchase watch online in Japan
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2019, 12:32:15 PM »
Unfortunately it will be taxed. EMS goes through poslaju hence directly to customs.
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Re: Want to purchase watch online in Japan
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2019, 12:38:15 PM »
Do you know how many % will be tax?
I heard my friend said watch is non taxable item.


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Re: Want to purchase watch online in Japan
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2019, 12:46:59 PM »
It's a sales tax i.e. SST = 5% (correct me if I am wrong)
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