Import Tax Slashed By 50%

[kaushama]

But this is still OUR OWN. As flawed as it may be. Accept it, embrace it but stop crapping on the only block of land we have on this earth to call our own.

Agreed that is why people come to this lovely land! And don't we all want it to be a better one? Wonder of Asia? For that we should change some of our ways. There is no rocket science about it. Just change the common attitudes and stop corruption and work hard. Perhaps to take lessons outside to do it. We are there!

Edited June 15, 2010 by kaushama

[jerryda]

I think it is the first registration. Not the manufacture.

http://www.customs.gov.lk/news/VEHICLE.pdf

http://www.customs.gov.lk/mv/mvpg01.pdf

[Supra_Natural]

Agreed that is why people come to this lovely land! And don't we all want it to be a better one? Wonder of Asia? For that we should change some of our ways. There is no rocket science about it. Just change the common attitudes and stop corruption and work hard. Perhaps to take lessons outside to do it. We are there!

Yeah.... Lots of luck with that.

[L board]

This thread has taken all strange turns. Now the topic has become living in Sri Lanka

At one point it was why people should not buy Maruti

Then there were some strange advertisements

Can we leave all these useless topics behind? Instead can some of us quickly go to Japan or Singapore and bring down some vehicles and sell at a reasonable price please ? Then at least we can stop the unreasonable middlemen trying to make super profits and offer our hungry vehicle lovers some value for money.

[Kavvz]

Yup But as I have common sense and brains, I do not want to show off by buying an RX8. I [ am sensible! ......I will never be able to earn that much for sure in future! Unless I become a politico ..."

I was joking. I didn't mean for you to take what I said literally. And besides, the word on the street is that, the minimum requirement to be a politician is to have failed high school. There are exceptions of course, but: You're probably too educated to be a politician

[MAS]

Manufacture.

I am sorry. Yes, it should be 1st registration.

[MrCat]

This thread has taken all strange turns. Now the topic has become living in Sri Lanka

At one point it was why people should not buy Maruti

Then there were some strange advertisements

Can we leave all these useless topics behind? Instead can some of us quickly go to Japan or Singapore and bring down some vehicles and sell at a reasonable price please ? Then at least we can stop the unreasonable middlemen trying to make super profits and offer our hungry vehicle lovers some value for money.

Super Idea.. I sure wont mind placing an order if some A/L guys do it..

[Thanushka]

too late for the comment. So removed

sorry guys.

Edited June 15, 2010 by Thanushka

[lasi]

I think it is the first registration. Not the manufacture.

According to SL Customs, it is from the date of first registration to the date of shipment. Refer Customs website

[Sri-Lak]

It seems to be the date of first registration.

So what about the scenerio I mentioned earlier?

I have found some cars which were manufactured ,for example, around 2000 in Japan but imported to UK and registered only in 2009.

Can one import such a vehicle?

According to SL Customs, it is from the date of first registration to the date of shipment. Refer Customs website

Edited June 15, 2010 by Sri-Lak

[maliths]

It seems to be the date of first registration.

So what about the scenerio I mentioned earlier?

I have found some cars which were manufactured ,for example, around 2000 in Japan but imported to UK and registered only in 2009.

Can one import such a vehicle?

I think this should be ok since the first reg is 2009 you should be able to import this to SL. The depreciation will not be much as it will start counting from 2009 and not 2000.

[kaushama]

Axio Corolla G for 3.8 mil? Good news! I am certain this is the car for me after going through lots of reviews. It is efficient, fairly good handling, good fuel economy and looks. Inner space is not bad too. Perhaps best car for masses, considering golden reputation of Toyota in the second hand market.

May know where is this place, if you don't mind? Please PM me!

[kaushama]

Sorry folks! Double post!

Edited June 15, 2010 by kaushama

[Sri-Lak]

This thread contains very useful information about vehicle import.

I don't know whether this was already mentioned in this thread but I could not fint it.

What is the maximum age of a vehicle which is allowed to be imported?

Car - 2 years? 2 1/2 yrs , 3 yrs or 3 1/2 yrs?

Van - 3 yrs or 5 yrs?

Hope somebody will shed light on this.

Edited June 15, 2010 by Sri-Lak

[kaushama]

Axio Corolla G for 3.8 mil? Good news! I am certain this is the car for me after going through lots of reviews. It is efficient, fairly good handling, good fuel economy and looks. Inner space is not bad too. Perhaps best car for masses, considering golden reputation of Toyota in the second hand market.

May know where is this place, if you don't mind? Please PM me!

2007/2008 accident free Axio with 10-20K mileage ranges from 9000-11000 US$ in Japanese market. I am sure, one can buy an Axio for a lesser value, if someone is doing the searching for you!

[Tikiri]

Looking at Sunday papers and AL car ads

still most of the sellers are quoting good old prices.

The only change in pricing that was noticeable was like the 121's, FB15's and the Marti's

[fayas]

what a policy

http://www.sayuri.co.jp/2010/06/new-sales-...r-sri-lanka.php

crooks are on time

[isurujosh]

Kaushama said...

Do they treat you well for your honesty and hard work? Noop There are enough nice gentleman like you, who direct their very civilized and polite dialect toward people like us showing, how people are treated by the merits of their honesty and love for country.

I have one simple question to you Kaushama for which you can simply answer YES or NO without bitching on about all over again.

Were you displaying merits of your honesty and love for country?, when you previously said...

Surely One can buy a Mercs or BMW for that money in UK!

Sri lanka is a strange land by all means!

I think you can conclude that you got what you deserved not only by me but by quite a number of people here.

On the subject of politicos wasting money. I think you may have forgotten that your salary was reduced to 6000£ because you were paying taxes for your MPs to pay for their gay partner to provide housing for, pay taxes to pay for porn entertainment of an MPs husband and not to mention all those billions of £ wasted on George W Bush's mistakes!!! I tell you this again Kaushama, you really need to cut the crap and stop making Sri Lanka look "strange by all means" to outside world.

Cheers! to you by all means too. I have nothing against you aside from your attitude towards the country you have returned to. I can help you with the Axio. PM me if you are not offended to the extent where you refuse to coverse with me and get help from. I will rest my case on this non-automotive subject matter as it does not serve any purpose. You, though, surely can go on and on, if you may please.

Edited June 15, 2010 by isurujosh

[MkX]

Guys I heard today that one of the Prince from our Royal family gonna get about 200 or 400 Jeeps to Sri lanka and once they are cleared tax is going to increase again.

[Tikiri]

Hear that those were already purchased and stocked before the duty was brought down.

[nadunr]

what a policy

http://www.sayuri.co.jp/2010/06/new-sales-...r-sri-lanka.php

crooks are on time

Looks like they have already organised to get the best out of it,

Our people work hard and earn money, ultimately crooks trying to grab it for nothing...(

Is there a way of by passing them?

[shanX]

I am sorry. Yes, it should be 1st registration.

So if we found a car that was manufactured on 2000 and say it was registered in Japan last year, if so, it could be imported here?

[kaushama]

Kaushama said...

I have one simple question to you Kaushama for which you can simply answer YES or NO without bitching on about all over again.

Were you displaying merits of your honesty and love for country?, when you previously said...

I think you can conclude that you got what you deserved not only by me but by quite a number of people here.

On the subject of politicos wasting money. I think you may have forgotten that your salary was reduced to 6000£ because you were paying taxes for your MPs to pay for their gay partner to provide housing for, pay taxes to pay for porn entertainment of an MPs husband and not to mention all those billions of £ wasted on George W Bush's mistakes!!! I tell you this again Kaushama, you really need to cut the crap and stop making Sri Lanka look "strange by all means" to outside world.

Cheers! to you by all means too. I have nothing against you aside from your attitude to wards the country you have returned to. I can help you with the Axio. PM me if you are not offended to the extent where you refuse to coverse with me and get help from. I will rest my case on this non-automotive subject matter as it does not serve any purpose. You, though, surely can go on and on, if you may please.

Hey Buddy! I have enough wisdom and maturity not to be offended by comments made by you and others. You don't know me well at all. You know me only by few comments made regarding cars here. My point of view regarding many things our country and Britain is quite different. My point of view, here, was only regarding the automobile business since this is a such forum. Ain't it? Merc and BMW comparison was merely just a remark regrading cars. When I first posted in this forum too I said Sri Lankan automobile business and market is a weird one. So it is strange. I was discussing in that context. So generalizing the subject to whole of Sri Lanka was a product of your abstract mind extrapolating things.

Subject of the taxes, I got as much as of the taxes I was robbed by the Brits and they have systems for tax return for people like me. This is no bitching against SL or patronizing UK. But there are good points in their tax system too. For example the way their social welfare system runs. The way they look after disabled and elderly. So money taken as taxes goes down the society in a more efficient way than here. I do not think any one dispute that. The percentage of wastage of public money, when it reaches the grass root level, have been a well known hot subject here recently. There is corruption every where in the world. But generally speaking the magnitude and the transparency is different from country to country. I am humble enough to take note from others systems if that benefits my self. As an intellectual returning back home it is my duty to bring good points from those systems and perhaps try to impose them here. We are far better in some aspects than Brits, who robbed us in the past to live like that. They are in a big hole now too. But they have good qualities as well. I do not want to tell some of the attitudes I liked there. People may get offended. But learned those from them. I am a humble person. For example in my trade we need big changes in attitudes for betterment of service. Just changes in attitudes would make it hundred times better, forget the infrastructure. But dear friend there is stiff resistance to do that. Why? We do not want to take good points from others. When we try to do that it is labelled as bitching! LOL When we suggest top politicos a subtle change that is essential to improve the system? Well there is stiff resistance. Answer? Well we do better than most "third world" countries so why improve???? This is when in the first Parliament, the first priority was to get 50000$ permit free vehicles! Do you like that?

Forget about the UK. I want my country to be a better place. More efficient tax systems, better and fair trade, better services for the poor and better attitudes. I do not want it to be as it is and think " we are what we are" Then join the rest.

Anyway another thing I have noticed in this forum is a little arrogance. Not comparing or bitching again. But I have seen people have their own personal things against others and very cold comments. But it is beyond me. Usually when I am offended I like to irritate others. Then they do make mistakes. he he he I should keep my cool and make them irritate. That comes from little experience dealing with dirty politicos regarding issues related to my trade. So some of the comments were worded merely to irritate you all though they all are facts.

So if you think you have taught me a good lesson be happy! Pleasure is yours. It had been a privilege to entertain you. Thank you for the lessons. You may be very nice person. How should I know? I do not judge you by the limited unpleasant remarks you made to me without knowing me. No hard feelings. (-:

But I returned I love people here. mainly poor innocent folks of Sri Lanka. I have my own opinion about the class I belong. We have our own crisis to settle. he he he

Well back again to main topic!

Lets not drag this anymore.

If you can help me in AXIO thingy please PM me. (-:

Edited June 16, 2010 by kaushama

[SeanD]

This looks almost like the prices that were there in 2003/2004. Not bad for the YOM either, no?: http://autolanka.com/ad.asp?ID=28780

[JAFF]

This looks almost like the prices that were there in 2003/2004. Not bad for the YOM either, no?: http://autolanka.com/ad.asp?ID=28780

but you can buy a brand new maruti(2010) for 975000/-