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06/07/2017
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By: Metro Newspaper June 5, 2017 / 07:00 hrs.
The electricity supply companies throughout Brazil are being questioned by consumers in the courts for what would be a double collection of ICMS (Tax on the Circulation of Goods and Services) in the monthly account: on the energy used per se and on Tusd and To Tust (Tariffs for Use of the Distribution and Transmission System).
According to the lawsuits, the consumer must pay the ICMS only of the energy used, since the ICMS tax on Tusd and Tust is an expense only of the companies, not of their customers, in this case, the users of the system.
To help the consumer calculate how much he could get back from the electric power supply company in his region, in an eventual victory in court, Proteste Consumers Association has launched an online simulator. Through the website www.proteste.org.br/energia, the consumer accesses the simulator and inserts a few information, such as the average amount spent monthly with the electricity bill, the state in which it lives and the company that supplies electricity. Almost immediately the approximate value of what would have been paid more appears on the screen.
A customer of Companhia Electrica Luz (RJ), for example, who consumed 525 kWh per month from January 2013 to December 2016 could obtain a refund of R $ 2,576.72. "Proteste considers abusive collection and encourages consumers to assert their rights and seek to recover amounts unduly charged," the association says.
Source: Metro
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