Yes there are such hidden taxes which are generally not mentioned. For
receiving CDs via courier from abroad there are also some complicated taxes.
Even for documents/CDs of no commercial value, the receiver has to pay certain
charges, which is claimed by the courier service. Actually what happens is that
the courier service brings their documents/goods via Airplane. Customs has
imposed a tax on couriers on weight basis. So say if the courier service had
brought 300 documents/CDs for a total weight of 30kgs, customs charges taxes
and levies on 30 kgs. Ideally this charge should be prorated to 300 documents
according to their actual weight. But what happens is that they prorate it on
the minimum weight of the documents according to their term i.e. 500gms (.5
kg). So even if you are receiving one CD weighing 100 gms, you are charged on
500gms. I even had to pay to courier (Blue dart) an amount of Tk. 300 for two
A4 size pages documents and Tk. 450 for a CD of no commercial value before
I learnt about the real story. This is corruption on the part of the courier
service cashing on receiver's ignorance. If the claim would be prorated on the
actual weight basis, the actual charges would be one-tenth of the claims.
Reputed couriers like DHL are more rational but they charge Tk. 100 per
document release.
At the bottom line, if you are not aware of these small loopholes you are more
likely to get fooled.
regards,
Rezwan
Ps: Ershad Bhai, please update your PC date.
Ershad Chowdhury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would like to know too. It seems everyone is confused including NBR.
The short answer is "Taxes, if any, are quite low on the import of PC's".
This is what I know .
1. Computers are intended to be tax free according to govt policy
2. The notice/order to have computers tax free didn't mention retail it
just mentioned import of PC's in part or whole, not the sale.
3. Customs assume that if the PC is to be sold, there will be a minimum
10% profit.
4. VAT is 15 %
5. Therefore 1.5 % tax is applicable
6. There are dual standards. So some imports are tax free, others are
taxable.
You can clarify from BCS. The long and short of the story is that tax
rules (and all other regulations) are actually made by non-professionals
without input/consultations from stakeholders of the industry resulting
in a mess when applied in practice. Funnily enough, the government
officials often accept that there's a mistake and apologize for not
being able to correct it.
Also need to clarify if CD's can be taxed?
regds,
ershad.
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>whether we still have tax free imports on computer items. Can anyone
>please shed light on this? If you feel, please mail me off the list.
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