What You Must Declare When You Return To America From Overseas
If you are visiting a foreign country on business or pleasure you may buy some goodies to bring home. When you return to America, you will have to declare these items, and, if the value is too high, you may have to pay dearly.
So, what do you have to declare? Is it just souvenirs? Here is a list of what you have to tell the customs and immigration agents.
Items you purchased and are carrying with you upon return to the United States.
Items you received as gifts, such as wedding or birthday presents.
Items you inherited.
Items you bought in duty-free shops, on the ship, or on the plane.
Repairs or alterations to any items you took abroad and then brought back, even if the repairs/alterations were performed free of charge.
Items you brought home for someone else.
Items you intend to sell or use in your business.
Also, if you acquired items in the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or in a Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act country (see section on $800 exemption for a list of these countries) and asked the merchant to send them to you,...
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