I'm going to Italy in June on a school trip and I plan on doing some serious shopping. What are the procedures for bringing home the things I buy in Italy back home to the States? Is there a tax I have to pay, or some paper work I should know about? Thanks!
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Unless its food/drink or some other banned item, put it in your suitcase with the rest of your stuff. If you paid for it, its yours.
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You need to list everything you buy and bring back with you and it's value on the customs form that you hand to the officer when you go through the customs checkpoint. If you exceed allowed amounts of certain items (e.g., more than 1 liter of alcohol - note that you have to be 21 to bring back alcohol) or the allowed dollar value of your goods, you'll need to pay duty. What you have to declare is listed here: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/what_you_declare.xml . The exemption amount that you can bring back before you have to pay duty is $800. http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/duty_free.xml The list of things you cannot bring back is here: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/prohibited_restricted.xml
