Laptop import duties?

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Hi,

I'm buying a laptop from Rock in the UK and was wondering if anyone here has had experience with payment of import duties on hardware.

It will be shipped via TNT who will apparently bill me for the import duties, however I have no idea what kind of fees I should be expecting.:confused:

The cost of the machine is about 1200 pounds.

Any help would be much appreciated.

thanks!
 
normally, and don't hold me to this, but electronics are: 14% VAT and another 12% plus wharfage.
 
Expect to pay VAT on the declared value plus 10%, i.e value + (value * 1.1 * 0.14) gives you the amount including. Duties might be 5% or maybe nothing. Processing fee varies - DHL charge R60 as I recall. As always the best way to get the exact duties is to phone SARS. Since customs duty questions keep coming up, and the people asking seem unaware that they can just ask customs, maybe we need a sticky post.
 
so, at 1505 pounds + shipping, is it still worth having, seeing as your warranty will most likely be invalid?
 
Its not too bad to import - there are no import duties on laptops - you only pay import vat and clearing fees - import vat is not charged at 14% but at 15.2% - so the cost of a 1200 pound laptop should be 1382.40 and then clearing fees should not be high, they are about R25 - R150 depending on the courier.
These look like great laptops so I say go for it, local support is k@k anyhow.
Your only issue is, if there is a warranty problem, it is damn expensive to ship a laptop back and forth.
 
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Cheers for that guys. I'm moving back to Ireland in February so I'm not too worried about the warranty issue. Hopefully the machine doesn't fall apart before then... They do look like super bits of tech though.
 
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