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Francisco Mandiola

8 June 2021

6 min read

The Challenges of Economic Informality During COVID-19

The growth of informal economic activity has become a challenge throughout the Latin American region. To address this, the Swiss-Chilean Chamber of Commerce recently held a webinar to discuss the challenges of informality (in employment, government, taxation), as well as the actions that policymakers, in the region and elsewhere, could take to halt an increasing trend resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sven Bergmann

25 May 2021

5 min read

Illicit Tobacco Trade in Europe Goes Local

Europol’s Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment 2021 (SOCTA-21) provides a detailed account of the dramatic impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on organized crime, illicit markets in general and the illicit tobacco market in the EU in particular.

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Nicola Sudan

28 April 2021

2 min read

Webinar Delves into New Tax Stamp & Traceability Review

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Nicola Sudan

30 March 2021

3 min read

Confusion Reigns Over Difference Between Authentication Labels and Tax Stamps

An ongoing issue of concern to the tax stamp world has recently resurfaced. It refers to the use of the term ‘tax stamp’ to describe security features that have nothing to do with tax collection.

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Michael Eads

24 Feb. 2021

7 min read

What Does the Future Hold for Traceability in Europe?

The European Union represents the world’s first attempt at implementation of wide-scale, multi-country tobacco traceability and the largest iteration of the FCTC Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (the Protocol) in action. The implications in relation to one of the world’s largest tobacco market’s interpretation and implementation of the Protocol, as well as the benefits that traceability can provide in terms of combatting illicit trade, has the significant potential to influence tobacco traceability the world over.

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Alan Hodgson

27 Jan. 2021

6 min read

A Post-COVID Vision, by Dr Alan Hodgson

The time has now come for us to be considering the changes that the current pandemic will make to our industry. The purpose of this article is to look at the reshaping of one particular technology with the intention of prompting a similar appraisal of others. It is does not attempt to identify all the solutions but to at least propose a framework for the questions.

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Francisco Mandiola

23 Dec. 2020

6 min read

ITSA Webinar Draws Large Crowd of Latam Revenue Authorities

It may not have been like the in-person seminars we’re all accustomed to, or yearning for, but we were very happy to report that the International Tax Stamp Association (ITSA) webinar for the Latin American region, held on 3 December under the title ‘Illicit Tobacco during Lockdown: Controlling Tobacco in a COVID-19 Context’, drew close to 150 registrants from all over the Spanish-speaking world.

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Ian Lancaster

23 Dec. 2020

8 min read

Tax Stamps & Traceability: A Market Analysis and Technical Update

A review by Ian Lancaster, project leader for ISO 22382 tax stamp guidance standard.

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Ian Lancaster

10 Dec. 2020

5 min read

The Era of Smart Packaging

AIPIA, the Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association, held its conference on Smart Packaging in mid-September – it’s first ‘Virtual Congress’.

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Nicola Sudan

29 Oct. 2020

8 min read

ITSA Counters Claims in Costa Rica that Traceability Systems are Ineffective

In October, the International Tax Stamp Association (ITSA) wrote to Julio Castilla Peláez, President of the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce (CCCR), responding to an article in the La Nación newspaper titled ‘Traders reject attempt to revive plan to label and monitor liquor’.

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Ian Lancaster

30 Sept. 2020

4 min read

Writing an RFP For Tax Stamps and Traceability Systems

Writing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a new public sector tax stamp programme, or even to update an existing programme, can be a daunting prospect. Where does one start? What has to go into this RFP? How comprehensive does it need to be, and how does one avoid any hint of corruption in the process?

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Telita Snyckers

28 Aug. 2020

5 min read

Update on South Africa: Bans and Booming Illicit Trade, Exploiting Systemic Weaknesses

In response to the coronavirus outbreak, South Africa introduced two highly contentious prohibitions, banning the sale of both alcohol and tobacco products. The impact has seen both a complete loss of all duties and taxes from these commodities, and a booming illicit trade.

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Nicole Semenza

30 July 2020

10 min read

When Will the Cannabis Revolution Happen?

2020 was supposed to be the year cannabis went mainstream in the United States. As the New Year rang in, cannabis was already legalised for medical use in 33 states and even legalised for adult recreational use in 11 states.

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Ian Lancaster

29 June 2020

4 min read

OpSec’s Equinox: Technology Review

In the year following the US state of Michigan’s introduction of a new tobacco excise tax stamp in 2014, tax revenues increased by $15.7 million – when they had in fact been predicted to decline – and exceeded the forecast for the year by nearly $30 million. Furthermore, it took only one year to recoup the costs of introducing this new stamp. Similarly, in Mozambique, alcohol and tobacco excise tax revenues increased by 85% in the first year after the introduction of a new stamp in 2017.

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International Tax Stamp Association

8 April 2020

3 min read

Recruitment Campaign Aims to Stamp Out Fraudulent Trade

An international trade body is on a mission to recruit new members who can help fight the fraudulent trade of tobacco, alcohol and other products.

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The Challenges of Economic Informality During COVID-19

Illicit Tobacco Trade in Europe Goes Local

Webinar Delves into New Tax Stamp & Traceability Review

Confusion Reigns Over Difference Between Authentication Labels and Tax Stamps

What Does the Future Hold for Traceability in Europe?

A Post-COVID Vision, by Dr Alan Hodgson

ITSA Webinar Draws Large Crowd of Latam Revenue Authorities

Tax Stamps & Traceability: A Market Analysis and Technical Update

The Era of Smart Packaging

ITSA Counters Claims in Costa Rica that Traceability Systems are Ineffective

Writing an RFP For Tax Stamps and Traceability Systems

Update on South Africa: Bans and Booming Illicit Trade, Exploiting Systemic Weaknesses

When Will the Cannabis Revolution Happen?

OpSec’s Equinox: Technology Review

Recruitment Campaign Aims to Stamp Out Fraudulent Trade

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