Due to lack of company documents required for customs paperless registration as earlier explained by my colleague, the best option left is to import under individual name ie. Mr. Philip Chua. The same import duty and tax will apply and the implication is that the individual cannot claim VAT back but the company can. So he will have to resell the machine to his company incl. VAT so that the company can use the VAT (buying leg) to offset with the VAT (selling leg) for any future selling activities his company will do.
The vessel from Singapore is due to arrive Bangkok 30/31 October and understand that Mr. Philip will be in Bangkok this weekend. So we will contact him for picking up his original passport for customs paperless registration of this import and proceed for import clearance.