Anyone working in Customs at Katuayaka airport?

[ishan.fdo]

I need to bring in a tv of 49". want to know the exact tax amount I have to pay. Please help me, this is top urgent. I will be flying tomorrow back to srilanka from Qatar.

 

[Honda Malli]

ඔයා ඔය කරන දේ කිසි තේරුමක් නැහැ නේද බන්.. මම හිතන්නේ ඔයිට වඩා ලාබයි ලංකාවෙන් ගත්තනම්. අනික වොරන්ටි ක්ලේඉම් කරන්නත් බැහැනේ.. ටැක්ස් නම් ගෙවන්න වෙනවා ඔකේ වලියු එක අනුව. .

 

[madushankads]

I need to bring in a tv of 49". want to know the exact tax amount I have to pay. Please help me, this is top urgent. I will be flying tomorrow back to srilanka from Qatar.

uba enne maasa kiyakata passeda?

 

[thilina91]

I need to bring in a tv of 49". want to know the exact tax amount I have to pay. Please help me, this is top urgent. I will be flying tomorrow back to srilanka from Qatar.

QR 656?

 

[husni2ahamed]

Anything under 55" is exempt from taxes iirc.

 

[thilina91]

Anything under 55" is exempt from taxes iirc.

Depends on the time you spent abroad though.

 

[husni2ahamed]

ඔයා ඔය කරන දේ කිසි තේරුමක් නැහැ නේද බන්.. මම හිතන්නේ ඔයිට වඩා ලාබයි ලංකාවෙන් ගත්තනම්. අනික වොරන්ටි ක්ලේඉම් කරන්නත් බැහැනේ.. ටැක්ස් නම් ගෙවන්න වෙනවා ඔකේ වලියු එක අනුව. .

Not true, I was looking to buy a 55" OLED 4K tv, it costs ~300,000 overseas and they sell the same for 700,000 in Sri Lanka.

I don't think the price-tag justifies the warranty. Better to try something with international warranty instead.

 

[Honda Malli]

Not true, I was looking to buy a 55" OLED 4K tv, it costs ~300,000 overseas and they sell the same for 700,000 in Sri Lanka.

I don't think the price-tag justifies the warranty. Better to try something with international warranty instead.

ඉතින් ලක්ෂ තුනේ එකට ටැක්ස් එක ආවහම හරිනේ බන් ගාන.. මම කියන්නේ ලංකාවෙන් ගන්න කියලා. මොකද ඔය LED බඩු කැඩුනොත් එක්කෝ වොරන්ටි නැතිනම් විසි කරන්න තමා වෙන්නේ.. LED ටීවී රෙපෙයාර් කරනවා කියන්නේ වංචාවක්. ඒක කරන්න බැහැ..

 

[FREEZZEER]

BUMP

 

[hichchiputha]

අගල් 55 වෙනකන් ගෙනියන්න පුළුවන්, උබ කොච්චර කාලෙකින්ද යන්නේ ?
අල්වන්ස් එකේ හැටියට අව්ලක් නැ

 

[imhotep]

Anything under 55" is exempt from taxes iirc.

It's not tax exempt... It's offset against your allowance category depending on the duration of the stay. He only visited Qatar for a short time as mentioned on a different thread by him.

 

[husni2ahamed]

ඉතින් ලක්ෂ තුනේ එකට ටැක්ස් එක ආවහම හරිනේ බන් ගාන.. මම කියන්නේ ලංකාවෙන් ගන්න කියලා. මොකද ඔය LED බඩු කැඩුනොත් එක්කෝ වොරන්ටි නැතිනම් විසි කරන්න තමා වෙන්නේ.. LED ටීවී රෙපෙයාර් කරනවා කියන්නේ වංචාවක්. ඒක කරන්න බැහැ..

Oh, I guess if you stayed there for some time and are coming back then you don't have to pay any tax on it as long as it's under 55".

Am not too sure how it works though, the duration of the stay and such.

 

[ishan.fdo]

uba enne maasa kiyakata passeda?

Dawas 20i bn

 

[ishan.fdo]

It's not tax exempt... It's offset against your allowance category depending on the duration of the stay. He only visited Qatar for a short time as mentioned on a different thread by him.

I stayed here for just 20 days. I have allowance for only 125$. But the tv is 570$. Cant I bring it in??

 

[imhotep]

I stayed here for just 20 days. I have allowance for only 125$. But the tv is 570$. Cant I bring it in??

I believe the rate exceeds 30%...plus a myriad of other levies. Why don't to send it with your sister's family?
You might have to pay the duties...but depends on the customs officer. He might help you out, but cannot be guaranteed.
Also the customs have a valuation on the TV... not the amount you would state you paid for it.
You can certainly bring it in.. but might have to pay the correct duty minus $125.00 (assuming that you have no other dutiable items)

 

[imhotep]

I stayed here for just 20 days. I have allowance for only 125$. But the tv is 570$. Cant I bring it in??

At least can't your sister contact someone who is returning from Doha after a long time - travelling with you. Then get that person to declare it. There are so many working over there.

 

[husni2ahamed]

At least can't your sister contact someone who is returning from Doha after a long time - travelling with you. Then get that person to declare it. There are so many working over there.

That sounds like a plan. Follow that advice if you want to exempt tax. Make sure you know the person well though.