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RSS customsRacal picks up £16m secure messaging contract from RAF
News In the last few years Racal has picked up a number of high-profile government contracts through the PPP scheme, including voice and data services for Customs & Excise, the Prison Service and the Land Registry. [09 Dec 1998]
US government forces European nations into encryption retreat
News Whereas the UK was represented by Customs and DTI officials at October's OECD summit in Ottawa, the Wassenaar Arrangement was signed by the Foreign Office. The US government has won a victory in the international battle... [06 Dec 1998]
UK Customs reveal ecommerce tax plans
News Customs authorities in the UK have revealed plans to tax businesses automatically every time they sell music or video over the Internet. Speaking exclusively to Silicon.com, a Customs official said they... [04 Nov 1998]
IT takes the courtroom into the 21st century
News A complex fraud trial involving the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise is the first case to use the technology. Information technology systems are being used on a trial basis at Southwark Crown Court in London to... [26 Oct 1998]
Customs unconvinced over euro VAT plea
News Attempts by software vendors to persuade HM Customs & Excise to accept VAT in euros have fallen at the first hurdle, due to a failure to get support from bigger companies. Software vendors represented by Basda are... [19 Oct 1998]
UK Customs and Excise calls for Net tax delay
News Following the US government's moratorium on Internet taxation, the UK's Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise departments have put out a joint white paper outlining their proposals for taxing ecommerce. [13 Oct 1998]
ANALYSIS: VAT - Virtual Added Tax?
Comment Perkins said that HM Customs & Excise was considering an automated tax collection scheme for the Internet. Customs & Excise is not yet ready to talk about this option. Delegates at the OECD... [07 Oct 1998]
OECD summit debates online taxation
News Official bodies in the UK, ranging from the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise, to the Department for Trade and Industry, have put out statements in support of electronic commerce. HM Customs in... [07 Oct 1998]
Basda head calls for euro tax law change
News Basda chief executive, Dennis Keeling, is standing up for software developers at an emergency meeting with UK Customs and Excise later this month. Basda research shows that far more businesses were planning on trading in... [02 Oct 1998]
Laptops get strip search from Customs and Excise
News It emerged today that Customs and Excise routinely checks mobile computers for illegal images. But a spokesman for Customs and Excise refused to discuss details of how the searches are made. Officers at... [14 Aug 1998]
Microsoft takes legal action against alleged software pirate
News Microsoft has launched a private prosecution against a man caught by German customs authorities with a lorry load of counterfeit software. The £35m hoard was discovered by customs officers in Aachen.... [12 Aug 1998]
In brief: German officials seize pirate software
News Customs officers are believed to have found 300,000 CDs and 400,000 certificates. German authorities have made Europe's largest ever seizure of pirated Microsoft software. An American known only as 'S' is said to be... [11 Aug 1998]
In brief: HP issues Q3 profit warning
News Customs officials are investigating allegations that the company brought $6m of kit into the country without paying required import tax and duty. Hewlett-Packard (HP) has warned investors of lower than expected profits... [22 Jul 1998]
In brief: Email threatened under export crackdown
News A white paper, published this week by the Department of Trade and Industry, would give customs officers the right to demand records of any fax or email communication that it suspected of discussing controlled technology. [03 Jul 1998]
