Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
08/01/2014
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Every beginning of the year is the same : parents and guardians receive the lists of school supplies and are appalled by the amount of items ordered and some applications somewhat alarming .
After all , the school may request cleaning and organizing materials on the list of students ?
It is mandatory even take exorbitant amounts of papers that will not be used over a school year ?
Or, the school can require that the purchased products are certain brands ?
According to Procon - SP , it is illegal to purchase requirement for collective use , such as hygiene items and cleaning fees or expenses to supply water, electricity and telephone , for example materials .
The school also should not require parents to buy stuff on the property itself or to determine the brands of materials may not be required in view of the choice of the material that suits the consumer or the lowest price .
In Salvador , a survey by the newspaper Tribuna da Bahia found that the value of the purchased material in peddlers gets to be 70 % lower than in stores . The tax burden in the list of material goods can reach you 47 % of the product value .
The pen is a champion among school materials more taxed by taxes in Brazil , with 47.49 % of the tax burden , as indicated by data from the Brazilian Institute of Tax Planning ( BIPT ) . Then come ruler, eraser , sharpener and school schedule .
Some tips to reduce the material cost is :
- Escape from licensed products , give preference to materials without characters or symbols of sports teams ;
- Buy used books . In bookstores or websites you can find the books needed for much lower prices ;
- Reuse materials still in good condition from previous years ;
- Bet on the exchange of material with other parents ;
- Search . Search is always the best weapon against high prices .
Source : Uol - Modern Consumer
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