What are the best options for bringing my iMac to Thailand without incurring heavy taxes?

I bring a Mac Mini with me and buy a wide screen monitor. Gives me totally flexibility when I go back home.

Put it in your luggage

Bring it in with you

Pay the additional baggage allowance (if you need to) or send it using FedEx/Post Office, with the Import Duty prepaid in the UK.

I have had multiple items shipped from the U.S. to Thailand. Post office leave me a note that I have to go to the pos office to pay customs and VAT. It is usually 37% of the price of the item.

Travel with my mac anywhere. Never had a problem.

Bring it with you personally and try to land in Chiang Mai.

Many more international flights are going directly there from abroad nonstop.

Foreigners don’t seem to attract attention from customs in my experience. I fly there twice yearly.

If it is CB important to you, it might be worthwhile to detour that way before going to your destination

@harry Harris

Get your NON O Visa in your home country. Makes your bank account easier to get.

The 7% is a tax (value added tax) .

Customs duties will make it better financially to buy a new model.

I recommend you bring it with you as postal services won't allow it because of its battery

Stick it in a suitcase with some clothes around it

Carry it with you

Take it on the plane with you, or if in the Hold (Package it Well, plenty of Bubble Wrap.)

Use plenty of 'Fragile Tape'

Take the comp with you when you go in june? Why import it?

I brought mine in the suitcase no hassle at all

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Computers will be taxed at maybe more than 100% sell it and buy a new one here

I have taken a ps5 and an a couple of xbox's over the years never had a problem , but i have no idea how big a mac computer is

Harry, GOOGLE "retiring to thailand does thailand tax personal property brought in"

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Retiring to Thailand and you are ALLOWED to bring in USED personal property. Bring the Sales slip with you to prove you bought it a year ago. No tax, no nothing, just your cost to bring it with you.

sell it, and buy another off marketplace

It might be cheaper to sell the iMac in the UK (they hold their value) and buy a new one when your in Thailand.

Why not bring it with you on the plane?

Bring it with you in your carry on. Best way for no hassles with the Thais!

Just bring it in unboxed. I’ve brought in dozen tablets and dozen phones.

Didn’t get charged a penny.

It's not 7%.

Closer to 37%.

Find a Thai friend in the uk and get them to send it. No taxes to pay. We brought a 40ft container full of stuff including a fridge freezer, furniture etc etc and put it in my wife’s name. I had to pay 2000 baht for the power tools only.

Get your retirement visa sorted before you come and the bring it in your luggage easy .

Don’t pack it in the original box or they will try to tax you.

I filled a good sized box with all sorts of electronics and stuff, paid $135 to fly it with me, no one batted an eye in Thailand… rolled right through.

No tax to pay , I have brought many electric laptops , stereo,speakers

Never did I have a problem,

I've had nothing but pain in getting anything like that to Thailand, even with UPS, etc. The amount you're charged to import it is gigantic, making it just not worth it. A phone I sent (worth quite a lot), I just gave up on, and didn't try to collect. They wouldn't send it back, and the amount of tax and duty they wanted to charge was way more than the value.

I just would avoid that at all costs. If you know anyone travelling out to Thailand, ask them to take it, but if you're not there yourself, just take it, but not looking all new and in the box. Take it as your personal laptop, in use.

Just copy everything onto a drive. Sell it and buy a new one here. The shipping and VAT alone will cover the difference. Thats if they charge you for VAT.

You would be much better off bringing your computer as excess baggage, even if it’s big. I bought a suitcase to fit my gaming rig and it was still much better than freighting it. You get different allowances accompanying a person than you do as freight.(I did freight a lot of things, but the computer was an exception).

I travel back to Thailand on a regular basis

I have a computer in my carry on

I have never had any problems

Save yourself the hassle. Sell it and buy another one here. Or buy a MacMini and screen here.

Despite what some commentators say, irrespective of new or second hand you will pay import duty, could be 30%, 50% or even 100%, it all depends on the customs interpretation, after the calculation they will then apply a further 7% vat on the gross sum!!good luck!

It’s used and personal computer everyone brings laptops and devices with them don’t ship it or just sell it buy new one here

I brought a brand new portable cooker in my luggage no problem. 😂😂😂

Why do you need an iMac if your retired sounds very dangerous to send to government offices to avoid tax

You need to look at the rules for this country before trying to avoid taxes

Morons remain morons!

I just brought in a top range ninja cooker in my hold luggage no problem

You only pay duty on new goods brought into Thailand.

ABSOLUTELY throw it into your carryone. Ive been moving stuff from usa to here via 5 suitcases per trip for years. Never mail stuff you value.

First off, Get your visa before your come. Suggest you leave the monitor at home and put the device into you suitcase. Monitors are relatively inexpensive here.

Bring it with you.

Immigration not going to charge you anything. That would be Customs.