Customs and Excise

Customs and Excise is a governmental trade guild that deals with the taxation of goods that are entering and leaving the UK. They operate in port and harbours, as airports are no longer used due to The Great Rewind.

History

Originally the department worked on the same thing but were two parts. Customs were the in-going trade while excise was the out-going trade, but both dealt with dealing with contraband, after The Great Rewind this changed, so that Customs regardless of direction dealt with the taxation while Excise dealt with contraband.

Penalties

The penalty for bringing or leaving with contraband is a 7 years prison sentence. Regardless of whether the person was smuggling intentionally or not. The contraband tends to be of illegal substances such as drugs, or weapons.

Importation

The prison sentence incentivises merchant travellers to check the wares they are transporting and that they will not be thrown into prison for smuggling. The time aspect to this is the only issue as the merchants have to unload what they intend to import and inform port works what is in the crates and sacks, is correct. This process makes busy ports undesirable but allows for other ports to be used instead.

Exportation

While exportation is a lot easier as the ports work in a communal style. So it would be odd for a Redsmith to export items that are not copper items. However, with the right documentation and forms, this issue can mitigate that issue. This then moves the issue to forged documents so various security features have been added such as the type of ink or the type of metals that are in said ink.

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DMStretch
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