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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1999
Robert A. Law, Jr., Ridgefield, CT (US);
Ronald P. Sansone, Weston, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system for maintaining a record of the postage that has been applied to a mail piece and the characteristics of the mail piece and the contents of the mail piece that identify the amount of value added tax that is included in the postage. The value added tax mail monitoring system includes: a plurality of mailers digital units that stores unique information contained in a postal indicia affixed to mail, wherein the unique information includes the amount of value added tax paid for each piece of mail; a plurality of postal units that reads and stores the unique information contained in the postal indicia; and a data center that receives information stored by the mailers units and the unique information read by the postal units to determine if a proper amount of value added tax has been paid for servicing and handling the mail.