Malaysia Car Import Tax Too High?
Many people do not know how the taxation system run on imported cars in Malaysia. I myself also feel the same. I personally think that the taxes on imported cars with different engine capacities need to be revised in order to reduce public burden.
Why Malaysia Car Import Tax So Hight?
I personally think that the reason why Malaysia government set high import taxes is because they want to protect the country’s two national car, which are Proton & Perodua. I always hope that our government can consider reducing the import duties for foreign cars for the announced budget but everytime end up with disappointment.
Basically I don’t have any issue if the Malaysia car prices are really high to ensure that government earns healthy income every year. I would also support the increase in car taxes if the money go straight to public transportation or anything that make traveling easier. Lesser cars would also mean lesser traffic jam, am I right? However, I really cannot accept if the motive for high car taxes is to protect national car.
Malaysia Imported Car Cost Higher Than Other Countries
In fact, cars should be cheap as car will depreciate and a lot of maintenance cost. But in Malaysia country, imported cars cost more than low-medium cost apartment. The worst thing is it depreciates even worst and faster than other country.
For those who thinking of getting a better life, they have to choose foreign car as their better car. However, they have to earn 3x more than what other people earning. Do you it is fair? Just compare to Singapore, why a lot of people rather migrate there and buy cars over there even the car converted to Ringgit Malaysia expensive? The only thing that I can proudly said that their earning power is far more better than us. If your earning power is higher than spending, why not paying higher tax?
December 3rd, 2009 at 12:40 pm
In Singapore, a Toyota Altis is only $50k + to $60k while in Malaysia we have to forked up to RM 110k for a Toyota Altis.
How to drive such car when are standard of living is high while our salary is low?
We are paying almost double for car tax just because the Kerajaan wants to protect Potong.. Eerrr I mean Proton!
December 3rd, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Disappointed with it. But what choice do we have?
December 4th, 2009 at 12:19 am
I only hope that Our National car - Proton and Perodua can convince the buyer in producing a better car engine quality. If not, people rather buy the foreign car although very expensive.
December 4th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
we still have a choice.
in the next election please vote opposition parties so that gov nowadays can realize betapa azabnya hidup susah… lol
December 4th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Yes, absolutely agreed if the high tax imposed spend to improve public transport system. It’s not only benefit our next generation but also reduce pollution to our environmental with low emission.
December 7th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Yea, I agree with Salman. I respect his outright support for fair treatment for all Malaysians. For his support for equal consumer rights comparable to those offered by other countries. Though he may not know this, for his support for a just and new government who are willing to build and grow a strong nation, instead of condemning it with protectionism for a few (or one color) by squeezing others of their blood.
And yes, Malaysia’s car (import/local) is overly taxed, more than 70% to 300%. Be ready to pay 170K for a car worth 100K. In other words, be ready to pay 70K more to these protected people who will be chanelling the ‘taxes’ into everything other than the good of the country. Yes, cost of living in Malaysia is exorbitantly high. Your average income minus inflation and living costs are out of proportion, to a disastrous level. (Frankly, to the eyes of other powerful nations, Malaysia is proving itself to be an arrogant mismanagement of one color) And yes, if this country continues to blunder from the fact that all citizens are actually migrants from other lands, and to reward blood-ties instead of meritocracy, they are indeed killing the future of all Malaysians, except the children of a few privileged officer. Killing all with their shallow minded plans.
Vote For A More Responsible Government!
December 31st, 2009 at 3:19 pm
It doesn’t matter whether you buy a local or a foreign car… because if you buy a local car you’re just encouraging the national car maker to continue wasting our nation’s money. If you buy a foreign car the taxes paid to the govt will be fed back into the inefficient national car maker so that it can continue to make below standard vehicles and make huge margins one them. On top of that the income tax rate is higher than in singapore, and now they want to introduce gst. Its all just a scheme to sqeeze as much money out of the people as possible while some few can sit pretty one their lazy asses… Only one way out… move to a less corrupt place… with fairness and equality and let them harvest their own sins… There will come a day when they will realise what they have done wrong… it’ll be too late.
January 20th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
I agree, why protect rubbish? Overseas you will only see a handful of protons or produas and this is because of the crap quality and reputation of their cars.
Ahhhhh I can go on for pages and pages but i’ll keep it short.
NO ONE WANTS A PROTON
January 24th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
Hi all, Malaysia not the only country applied high tax on import vehicles. You can check Sri Lanka, if not mistaken higher than Malaysia.
However, what I not understand why Proton in Arab Saudi will cheaper than Malaysia price? Malaysia government also applied high tax on Proton? Briton descript our Perodua as white good. OMG! Quality only stand for 5 years just like white good?
Quality of our Malaysia infrastructure also limited, after raining day, you have to learn better skill to avoid pothole…
Tax so high, money pay so much, project price awarded high.. quality low, maintanance low, etc.. until when we have to live in this kind of life…
In other hand, better to stay low profile, you buy expensive car… less than 6 months sure you will kena… no matter kena what… rim lost, car lost, sure will kena… Safety also low… hahaha…
Malaysia! Oh Tanah airku….
January 25th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
My proton year 1997 1.5 sedan still works…..
The only good model.. the rest from my friends feedback on Gen-2, Perdana, others proton model all got issues.
I wanted to buy foreign car but….u know too expensive. Now I’m working in overseas, I drive HONDA CRV so cheap…
February 18th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
In developing countries the politicians have a fleet of luxury cars that are imported duty free, and expect the public to pay mind boggling taxes on basic cars.
Malaysia and Sri Lanka are two such examples and I have lived in both countries.
Just to give an example; I currently live in Australia (thank God!!) where I purchased a V6 3.0 Toyota Camry for AUS$32,000. That is less than half of my annual income here in Australia. In Malaysia this car would be AUS$55,000 (RM 155,000) and in Sri Lanka it would be AUD$112,000 (Rs. 16 million) The average Sri Lankan earns less than Rs.40,000 a month which makes it 33 years income to buy a CAMRY!! Now do you see my point?
April 21st, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Yahoooooo, when is our Malaysian Car prices going down??…..cannot afford with low salary now all food prices going sky high whatever you can think off all go up even our postage too, huh!
May 13th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
next month i will go to Singapore.i want to buy a new car but don’t know can or not someone work out from Malaysia can make a loan car from bank.help me
June 13th, 2010 at 11:39 am
One thing that you will learn when working on your own car, or buying car parts is about the “core charge”. Basically, when you buy certain car parts like brake rotors, alternators, brake calipers, distributors and even engines they have a “core” - in reality all of these parts are made of many valuable components and even though some aspect has failed, this doesn’t mean the whole part is junk. The core charge is basically like a bottle deposit, but in this case, its a car part deposit that encourages you to recycle! So when you swap the new part for the old, you return the core and it goes back to the part manufacturer for rebuilding and recycling.