TSTF 2023 – Programme Published

Revenue authorities, experts and solution providers from around the world have confirmed their speaking slot at the Tax Stamp & Traceability Forum™, taking place in Tbilisi, Georgia from 2-4 October 2023.

The objective of the Tax Stamp & Traceability Forum is to bring together government excise and customs agencies, investigators and law enforcement, regulators, security printers, suppliers of authentication and serialisation technologies, and systems integrators – to hear about and discuss the latest developments in tax stamp and traceability systems and learn from one another about requirements, best practice, and potential solutions.

The conference programme is packed with informative papers on emerging and proven technologies and best practices for enhancing the production, protection, implementation, and enforcement of tax stamp and track and trace systems. Holography has historically been a key technology in protecting tax stamps from counterfeiting and fraud and will feature strongly in this year’s presentations, a selection of which are listed below:

• Impact of Tax Stamps on Ghana’s Excise Tax Revenue Ghana Revenue Authority

• Introducing Diffractive Tax Stamp Paper Leonhard Kurz

• Nano-Optical Elements for Physical Security of Tax Stamps Demax Holograms

• Implementing Lebanon’s Authentication and Traceability Solution OpSec Security

There will also be a panel discussion on the theme of ‘How do Inspectors Really Authenticate Tax Stamps?’ Chaired by Francisco Mandiola of FMA Secure, with panellists from tax and customs authorities, the panel will discuss what actually happens in the field in terms of customs and law enforcement inspection techniques.

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