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 keen for Customs to accept VAT...
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 were working on software that will be...
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).
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 activated that will lead to...
An OFT statement said: "One possible example is whether procurement practices might be restricting entry by new firms; another is whether they might be enhancing competition -- and its benefits -- through openness to new and innovative ideas.
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 Freight (Chief) system back in 1989 and the...