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08/06/2012
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Taxes on phone services are up 45% of taxes, union says.
An account of R$ 100, only R$ 60 are service, says Minister Paulo Bernardo.
To talk on the phone and use the internet, or with telephony services, Brazilians spend R$ 6.5 million per hour in taxes, according to a report of the National Journal.
For accounts of the National Union of Telephone Companies (SindTelebrasil), taxes represent 45.4% of the account of telephony services. In Rondonia, the taxes amount to 66.56% from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) state. In addition to the GST, the telephony basket of taxes is made up of taxes as PIS, Cofins and two sector specific funds, the Fust and Funtell.
"If you take a R$ 100 bill for telephone service of any kind, mean taxes will go there from R$ 38 to R$ 40. So you have R$ 60, R$ 62 of service and the rest is tax, "says the minister of communications, Paulo Bernardo.
In addition to the consumer's pocket, taxes also weigh the costs of companies, which all depend on communications. Because of this, experts argue that a tax cut as what is being promised for electricity, would be welcome to reduce business costs in general.
Taxes represent 45.4% of phone bill
The Minister of Mines and Energy, Edison Lobao said the government will send to Congress a provisional measure to cut all costs of the electricity sector and extend the leases in the area. He said the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) is studying the impact that the cut in charges will have on electricity bills for consumers and industry. The government is expected reduction of about 10%.
"In Brazil there is excessive taxation on almost everything, but I think especially in these infrastructure sectors, which are important for economic development such as energy, telecommunications, you have a big payoff if you stimulate the use of these services," says expert telecommunications FGV, Arthur Barrionuevo.
"A reduction of federal taxes bring about a recovery in economic activity and consequently a greater collection before," says tax lawyer Fernando Zilveti.
The Minister Paulo Bernardo submits a tax reduction in telephony. "We've done studies, as presented to the Treasury, as presented to the President Dilma, but i guess you can do more, we have to work. Now, surely have to involve the states because 75%, 80% of the tax burden industry comes from the states, "he said.
Source: G1
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