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Roadtest Thread for the R&S®︎MXO 4 Oscilloscope RoadTest

srutledge

Please use this forum post for any questions you may have about this RoadTest.

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  • in reply to michaelwylie

    The team's looking into an updated answer on this one.

    A consideration is to simply loan the hardware out for the RoadTest Review, and then ask for it back - though this means you won't be able to keep it, you will at least have the opportunity to use it.

    Though next year the tax allowance is going up to $17k, state law depending, and that might just cover it - but I can't speak on that with any authority at present, especially as I'm based in the UK.

  • in reply to michaelwylie

    I think it totally depends on the country you're in. It's always an issue with contests / roadtests, and not something the organiser has much control over.

    I'm in the UK and the only time I had a problem was with a power supply from a Keysight competition. The problem was not the tax I had to pay, but the fact that someone phoned me at work weeks after it had arrived asking me for money. They didn't speak very good English and wanted me to transfer money to their bank account immediately.

    I obviously told this person what I thought of their poor attempt at a scam. It was only a week after that when my boss showed me a VAT bill and asked me if I really had told the Inland Revenue to "go f**k themselves" that I realised my error. Grimacing Whilst it was a personal prize, I'd had it delivered to work for convenience and the tax bill had gone to my employer.

  • in reply to michaelwylie

    SHISH!!! The tax collector might be listening.