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Enacted legislation that reduces taxes on products for people with disabilities

21/05/2012

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Brasilia - The Official Gazette publishes the law which reduces to zero the PIS / Pasep and Contribution to Social Security Financing (Cofins) imposed on 27 products aimed at people with disabilities.
Among the products are calculators equipped with voice synthesizer, keyboards with specific adaptations, mice, snap acting, image scanner - Scanners - equipped with voice synthesizer, electronic magnifiers, ocular prosthetics software and screen readers that convert text voice or braille for the use of deaf-blind.

As part of the National Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Plan Living Without Limits), launched by the federal government last year. They also have free since November of last year, publication of the Provisional Measure 549/11, parts and accessories for wheelchairs.

According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), 45.6 million people have some kind of disability in the country, which represents 23.91% of the population.



Source: MSN News

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