Interview with an ITSA Member – Securikett
In our third 2024 interview with a member of the International Tax Stamp Association (ITSA), we speak to Marietta Ulrich- Horn, Co-Founder and CEO of Securikett.
Free - April 30, 2024 midnight Read MoreInterview with an ITSA Member – Securikett
In our third 2024 interview with a member of the International Tax Stamp Association (ITSA), we speak to Marietta Ulrich- Horn, Co-Founder and CEO of Securikett.
Free - April 30, 2024 midnight Read MoreA Comparison of Fuel Traceability Options
Some years ago, I was asked to give a speech to a Latin American country’s customs authority with respect to fuel marking. To prepare for my presentation, I spoke to several suppliers and did some research with respect to alternatives and positive results around the world.
Free - April 3, 2024 midnight Read MoreSpring Cleaning at Chile Tax Authority – Renovated Programme in the Works
In 2023, we analysed how Chile’s cigarette traceability system, SITRAF (Sistema de Trazabilidad Fiscal) had been performing since its inception in 2019. At that time, a study conducted by local economists found that the implementation of the system in Chile had resulted in better control of legitimate sales and increased revenues.
Free - March 5, 2024 midnight Read MoreProtection from the Storm – Implementing Lebanon’s Authentication and Traceability Solution
Lebanon is one of the few nations where the tobacco sector, including tobacco leaf farming and manufacturing, falls under state control.
Free - February 1, 2024 midnight Read More2023 – A Year in Review
Looking back over the year that was, three key developments stand out from the rest, as captured in this article.
Free - December 18, 2023 midnight Read MoreIllicit Tobacco ‘Down Under’ Gets Worse – An Update
During the summer of 2021, I looked at the illicit trade that had started to spin out of control in Australia in the wake of the pandemic.
Free - November 20, 2023 midnight Read MoreTax Stamp Standard Review Is Underway
As previously reported in Tax Stamp & Traceability News™, the international standard for excise tax stamps, ISO 22382:2018, is now due its five- year review, in accordance with ISO procedures (the International Organization for Standards).
Free - October 27, 2023 midnight Read MoreITSA Counters Claim that Tax Stamp-Based Track and Trace Not Compatible with FCTC Protocol
The International Tax Stamp Association (ITSA) has responded to a claim by economic advisory firm Oxford Economics (OE) that tax stamp-based track and trace systems are not compatible with the WHO FCTC Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, while ‘fully digital’ solutions, based on open standards, are.
Free - October 27, 2023 midnight Read MoreA Review of TSTF 2023 – More Greenfields, Please!
One of the best comments coming out of the 11th Tax Stamp & Traceability Forum™ (TSTF), held from 2-4 October in Tbilisi, Georgia, was from a revenue authority attending the forum for the first time. They said that now that they’d seen first-hand what they’d been missing by not attending this event, they would be sure to attend all security printing conferences in future.
Free - October 12, 2023 midnight Read MoreTax Stamps and Track and Trace – Making Everything More Visible
Whether you use tax stamps or you don’t use tax stamps, let’s face it, illicit trade still exists. The difference is, tax stamps and associated track and trace and production monitoring systems help make illicit trade stand out more (like a sore thumb), plus they make it easier to trace illicit trade back to its origin, and identify at what point in the supply chain legal trade may have become illegal trade.
Free - September 27, 2023 midnight Read More