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It would seem that the right hand does not know what the left hand is going in relation to declaring goods coming back into Australia. When I fronted up to Customs upon returning to Sydney from NZ, the young woman behind the counter said that to her knowledge, once you had gone over the $900 limit, you could not claim any of it! I said that this was incorrect and handed her the email I had received from Customs which stated otherwise. I am so glad that I took the email with me as she conceded that she was apparently wrong! She took a copy of the email and then charged me $200 duty (which is a tad more than I had worked out but I did not want to argue the point). I am still ahead but am unsure if I will go through this procedure again!
So the moral of the story is take all evidence with you as you may need it to back up your case - or alternatively, don't declare it
Cheers
Sheila
