Originally Posted by
vikasintl
I am US citizen and I found that one laptop per passenger is duty free but am wondering if I have to bring both the laptops back once my visit is over in India?
Actually I wanna give these laptops as gifts to my two different family members and I heard that gifts up to 8000 INR is duty free correct? and these laptops are used and each one values less than 8000 INR...so can I carry it to India ?and don't bring it back?
Do I need a stamp in passport any where? and can I carry one both the laptops with me as carry on luggage? or one has to be in checked baggage?
you are only allowed to bring one laptop duty free....the value is not decided by you but by the customs officials....they have a list that has pretty much every item that attracts duty & they determine the value based on their calculation....so what might seem under inr 8k to you could in fact be a lot higher....
doesn't matter whether you carry the laptop in your carry on or checked luggage....in bom you are supposed to scan your luggage on your way out....sometimes they let you go without the scan & sometimes they don't....if your bags are scanned & a second laptop is discovered that you failed to declare then you could be in for some questioning....
just pay the duty on the second laptop....it won't be much....