Glossary of Tax Stamp Terms
There are 69 entries in this glossary.B
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Banderol |
sometimes used interchangeably with tax stamps, but more often used (taking its cue from the dictionary definition, which is a pennant or long flag) to describe the elongated stamps that are applied to both sides of a bottle cap or cigarette pack. Banderol is applied to products by wet glue process rather than with a heat transfer decal or pressure sensitive label. |
| Barcode |
a series of vertical printed bars of controlled thickness and separation representing variable data information in a linear format. A 2D barcode consists of a representation of solid and clear images (usually squares) in a matrix format over a specific two dimensional structure |
| Bootlegging |
a form of smuggling across state or provincial borders to earn money from intra-national or inter-state tax differentials. |