What do tax stamps have to do with counterfeiting?
Like so many products tax stamps are often subject to counterfeit. Tax stamps have monetary value and are counterfeited for the same reasons that currency is counterfeited. Also, products that require tax stamps, mainly liquor and cigarettes are usually choice targets for counterfeiters. Tax stamps can be also used to prevent counterfeit products from entering the market. Many of the technologies used in documents and other brand security products can be incorporated into tax stamps. Therefore, tax stamps are not only in the interest of governments, they are also of interest to manufactures who want to keep their products from being counterfeited.
