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Originally Posted by Varley
Ship tax for incoming traffic was paid at the sending end and the only R/O requirement was to figure the amount and enter it in the appropriate column in the received abstract. Ship tax on to-ship traffic was certainly due by ITU in your time (by your profile). How many letters did you get from R.O Dennis complaining of your accounting competence?
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Renewing my ticket in 1979 one of the 'lecturers' notified class that 'ship charge' on received messages was collected form the recipient, adding that it was a chore chasing crew. I suggested he had escaped prosecution for fraud.