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Good news for anyone thinking of buying yours tablets in the near future: the Federal government published in Official Gazette from Monday (23) to provisional measure numerous 534, which included these Gadgets in the so-called “Lei do Bem”.
The regulation was one of the steps awaited within the agreements between the Federal government and the private initiative for the production of equipment in the Brazil. As an example, the Chinese foxconn, that rides the iPad, Apple , conditioned the start of production in the country to the granting of tax incentives that were already offered for other information technology products.
with the measure of tax cuts, tablet prices are expected to drop by 36%, according to the Minister of Communications, Paul Bernardo.
The provisional measure published this Monday amends the Article 28 da law nº 11.196, of November 21, 2005. Devices “that have a central processing unit with input and output of data through a touch-sensitive screen with an area greater than 140 square centimeters” will benefit.
The publication is the government's first step towards exemption. Subsequently, an interministerial ordinance will be published Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT) and Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC), which will frame the tablets No. Basic Production Process (PPB) as “portable microcomputer, without physical keyboard, with touch sensitive screen”.
Source: G1.
