Beijing customs asking me to wait until 2020 to show receipts, is this normal? [closed]
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I travelled to China last week to see family and was stopped by customs and they removed several items which I had brought for gifts and told me I need to show the receipts to pay tax.
I’m ok with that, but and this is the whole point of this post. The next day I called them to arrange to go and show them and pay my duty and collect my things.
They told me I need to wait till March 2020. Surely this is wrong on so many levels.
Please can someone give me any advice?
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