Hi all, I am a US citizen who flew out of Chicago international terminal 5 to Indonesia. I realized I had not brought my watch so I picked up 2 watches in the Swatch duty free store, but paid 9.25% sales tax and carried the watches right out of store (they weren't delivered to the plane or anything like that). Now I am returning to US with the watches I purchased before leaving. I am already over my allowance, but am unsure whether or not I need to declare them especially since I already paid US sales tax on them.
Any help Quickly would be appreciated- I begin flights back to US in 12 hours.
Thanx again valued community.
Warm regards- David
US customs declaration question
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If you bought the watches in the US then I see no reason to claim them. If you are searched be prepared to show your receipt.
Thanx for the response, but it didn't actually matter. I didn't declare the watches, but did declare $1,100 on my customs form and not even a glance from them and no additional duty/payment was requested or paid. This was in Atlanta by the way returning from Indonesia
usually they won't bother with the extra paperwork required to pay the additional tax as long as it is reasonable. You were right to not declare the watches since they were purchased in the US and you paid tax on them.