MMH2 Car Import Tax Incentive to be discontinued in 2018?

Yes, this has been known for a couple of months. It's been on this blog already under the MM2H thread at the top of the list of discussions.

The range of locally-assembled vehicles is not that wide and the cost of transporting existing vehicle and any technical changes needed (problems arise because of fuel standards on occasion) tend to mean the interest is not enormous. From what I gather a lot of people prefer to buy a second-hand car where the tax-free status does not control the onward sale.

Thank goodness, I thought it was my eyes, lol.  I still saw other threads where people discussed cars and a popular response was always "just import a car, it's tax free" somewhere in there, but never a "no, they are doing away with that program" as a follow-up.

Thanks for the reply!

One little issue that arose recently reported in conjunction with imports of Audi, is local garages charge a 40% premium on service and repairs when they have been brought into Malaysia as a "parallel import".  There is no such thing as a free lunch..... :-)) There is also import duty to pay on all spares for non locally assembled vehicles...

Wah, I didn't know this.  I've just completed mine for a Fortuner. 

My question was related to this.  All the published literature quotes the 2.7 Toyota Fortuner price at around RM117.  I just had a meeting with the car sales people here in Sarawak & the final bill was RM145!  Apparently the published price is for the 'base' car & does not include 'necessary accessories' like seats & lights!!!

I am dubious about the whole thing & just wanted to know if other had the same experience regarding the price.

I am happy for the discount but it's blown my planned budget,

Thanks

I guess you made your MM2H application in Sarawak - https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/services/peop … ctices.pdf (information for future readers).

Checking on Carlist and mudah.my might be helpful.

I did see some car prices for MM2H purchasers and will try and find them again (don't know how up-to-date the info is - but it might be a guide). - http://www.joy-stay.com/FrequentlyAsked … anchor_753

Thanks Gravitas

I think this is just poorly displayed/misrepresented information that was published.  I took it at face value & got caught out.  I just wanted to understand if other people had experienced the same misunderstanding & also to prepare others.

Given the original post, I guess that won't be an issue