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17/07/2013
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Housewives Tatiane and Lilian were taken aback with the taxes Photo: Rafaella Barros
"Mercy". That was the expression of a housewife Lilian Vieira, 53, to know that 31.04% of the value of purchases made by the supermarket friend Tatiane Moreno, 29, also a housewife, had been snapped up by taxes. When checking the invoice itself, Lilian also scared with the percentage of 28.25% in respect of taxes embedded in the purchase, which represented the total R $ 20.56 to R $ 72.76:
- With this value, I would buy at least a pound of chicken and a pound of coffee.
To Tatiane on food costs should not cover taxes:
- This is a robbery!
The audiovisual technician Marcelo Santana, 35, also had not realized the description of the taxes on the invoices, obligation entered into force on June 10, through Law 12.741/2012.
- So, the street demonstrations are important. We pay taxes and do not have access to health and education - he said that disbursed 26.55% in taxes.
More revolt was to assist health Macilene da Silva, 30, to see that 26.30% of your purchase of medicines in the pharmacy were to government coffers:
- We already pay tax on so much ... Why must also pay about remedies?
The law is already in place, but the establishment does not issue invoices itemizing the amount of taxes will only be punished from June 2014. The deadline was extended to trade and service companies to adapt.
Neither remedy is exempt
According to Sergio Mena, president of the Brazilian Network of Pharmacies and Drugstores (Abrafarma), while in Brazil the average taxes on medicines is 33.6%, in many countries there are no taxes in the sector.
- Those who weigh more are GST (19% in Rio) and PIS-COFINS, which in some products reaches 12%. We're trying to throw a forward (by lowering taxes) here in Rio de Janeiro. We want to discuss this with the company and expects the drug to be relieved, as happens in many countries - said Mena.
Aylton Fornari, president of the Association of Supermarkets of Rio, explains that there is no way the owners of supermarkets fail to pass on the tax to consumers because it would reduce the profit margin.
- If the supermarket does not pass, it breaks. All costs have to be passed on to the consumer. Who will pay? The company? Every company has to make a profit. If the load tibutária reduce the cost to the consumer, of course, also decreases.
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