michelb wrote:
chipster wrote:
Yes it will be deducted. You will pay taxes on the value minus the $800.
+1
It's like any other US purchase. You get a certain amount for the length of time you are in the US (i.e. if you're only there one day, you don't get anything, if you are there one week you get $800. If you are multiple people, you get the discount for each person (i.e. after 1 week in the US, a family of 4 is allowed to bring in 4x$800=$3200 tax free.
BUT, you are not allowed to combine the 4 duty free allowances on a single purchase. At least that's the way it was for us last summer.