From the Beginning to the End: Tax Stamps as Part of a System Rather Than Just a Product
The following is a panel report from the 2017 Berlin Tax Stamp Forum, which Bergmann, managing partner of Venture Global Consulting,...
Tax Stamps as an Authentication Feature? A Critical View
In November's issue of Tax Stamp News™, Ian Lancaster (in his opinion piece Tax Stamps: Revenue Collection, Brand Protection or Both?)...
The Importance of Tracking and Tracing Tobacco Leaf
A recent article in Tobacco Asia, titled Tobacco Leaf Track & Trace Laborious but Indispensable, discussed the importance of tracking and...
The fatal attraction between Crime and Illicit Tobacco
Over the years, many articles, court cases and government reports have highlighted the link between the illicit trade in tobacco products...
Smoking Gun: Illicit trade of Tobacco in Canada
In March 2016, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a conservative policy think tank from Ottawa, released a new report on the illicit trade...
Global trade in fakes approaching half a trillion – what can be done?
In April, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released an updated report that puts the value of imported...
California About to Destabilise its Three-Legged Cigarette Tax Compliance Programme
The California State Auditor (CSA) recently issued its second report in ten years on the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of...
The evolution of tax stamps for a plain packaging world
While the concept of plain packaging for tobacco products has been around since the New Zealand Department of Health’s Toxic Substances...
Around the World in 80 Minutes – Panel Report from the Tax Stamp Forum in Miami
I was honored to moderate the spirited and informative “80 minutes Around the World Panel” on the second day of the Tax Stamp Forum in...
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year... for Counterfeiters!
The holidays are just around the corner and, with it, the busiest shopping season of the year. Millions will flock to malls, local corner...
New Study – Old Problem on Illicit Tobacco Products
A new study by New York University (NYU) found that 15% of 830 packs inspected by the New York City Sheriff’s Department carried either...
Buyers guide to tax stamps – a car analogy
The recent introduction of the Tobacco Tax and Enforcement Reform Act (SB 1129) in the U.S. Senate, which was discussed by John Colledge...
