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Posted by Harlan Lunsford on November 1, 2008, 4:23 pm
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Katie wrote:
>> Katie wrote:
>>
>>> Well, I think it would be kind of nice if the duty-free shops IN THE
>>> US were to post a sign or something warning customers that purchases
>>> brought back into the US could be subject to use tax in the customer's
>>> home state. But you're right, it's not their job, and I didn't mean
>>> to imply that it was.
>> Only citizens of countries other than the USA may make purchases in duty
>> free shops in the USA. When I return from abroad, like last Saturday
>> night, there was no way I could have accessed those shops. But any "duty
>> free" purchases on the Delta flight back from Athens would, like all
>> other foreign purchases, be subject to use tax here at home. By the
>> time of that flight, however, I already had my quota of good Scotch whiskey!
>>
>> ChEAr$,
>> Harlan
>>
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> Harlan, you can buy from the DF shops in US airports on the way OUT of
> the US. You're right, though, on the way back in you have to use the
> shop in the foreign airport or on the plane.
http://www.dutyfreeamericas.com/duty_free.cfm
>
> Katie
>
ah, quite right about when leaving. But who would want to lug all that
Scotch whisky to a foreign country and cart it about before returning?
Unless of course it gets drunk along the way. Hmmmmm.... Ah, yes!
And to think I packed me own bottle in my suitcase this last time to
have it on board ship.
I'll try to remember that for next year's cruise.
ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA
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