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White Paper The Australian Customs Service (Customs) is a government agency that uses high-tech methods to protect Australia's borders from illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and other security threats. In... [28 Sep 2007]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Protecting Our Southern Border Against the Terrorist Threat
White Paper Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Customs and Border Protection have taken a number of steps to increase security across... [14 Jan 2009]
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]
Customs & Excise IT costs spiral to nearly £1bn
News Customs & Excise has been hit by a massive £250m rise in the cost of its 10-year IT outsourcing deal with Fujitsu that means the deal is now worth almost £1bn. But "change provision" clauses in the contract have been... [14 Aug 2003]
Customs and Excise fights EU ruling on outsourcing tax
News HM Customs and Excise is appealing against a tribunal decision which found payment card management, processing and clearing services from Financial Data Resources (FDR) are not liable for value added tax (VAT). [11 May 1999]
Customs and Fujitsu PFI deal will now "exceed £1bn"
News The cost of Customs and Excise's renegotiated PFI IT contract with Fujitsu is now expected to more than double to over £1bn over the course of ten years - and a possible merger with the Inland Revenue could force costs... [21 Nov 2003]
Customs Service Improves Reporting With Simplified, Integrated Antivirus Solution
White Paper The Australian Customs Service (Customs) is a government agency that employs high-tech methods to protect Australia's borders from illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and other security threats. In... [20 Jun 2007]
Norwegian customs seizes 'Internet drugs'
News The Norwegian customs authorities have reported a 2,000 per cent increase in seizures of illegal medical products this year. Customs officials confiscated 405,000 banned substances between January and... [27 Oct 1999]
UK Customs acts while DTI ponders over Net security
News The UK's Customs & Excise office has announced that the Internet is secure enough for online VAT services, despite the fact that the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has not yet finalised its Internet security... [11 Mar 1999]
Timeline: HM Revenue & Customs data blunder
News Timeline of the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data losses The loss of 25 million records from HMRC's Child Benefit Computer System was declared "deplorable" and "entirely avoidable" in two reports into the data blunder... [26 Jun 2008]
HM Customs closes in on ecommerce tax system
News After months of denying that software could collect taxes online, HM Customs revealed today that it is working with the OECD to develop a system to do just that. David Holmes, a team leader at HM... [16 Dec 1999]
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]
BT lands £28.7m Customs IT contract extension
News BT has won a £28.7m extension to its contract to manage the HM Customs and Excise (HMCE) import and export system until said system is replaced in 2010. BT built the Customs Handling of Import and Export... [06 Jan 2005]
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]
Encryption devices snatched in US customs sting
News US Customs have arrested two men for trying to sell top-secret encryption devices to China. The two men were arrested after a four-month investigation with customs officers posing as intermediaries who... [03 Sep 2001]
