New Cell, Tablet and Even USB Tax? This Is Known From the so-Called “Digital Backpack”
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If you thought you were already paying the tax to the air, get ready for this "preventive" collection jewel, because now you want a new tribute for your electronic devices. Yes, as you read it: your cell phone, your laptop, the tablet with which your children study and even the USB memory you use to work. The "bright" reason behind this occurrence? That those devices have the theoretical ability to make copies of content. It doesn't matter if yo…
The government analyzes reviving the so-called “digital backpack”, a tax that would be around 2% on devices such as mobile phones, computers, screens and USB drives. Although the tax would be for producers and importers, it could move to the price that consumers pay. THE ECONOMICS Can you imagine having to pay a tax on the screens, computers, mobile phones and even USB that you have at home? The government analyzes the possibility of reviving wh…
The “Digital Moche” revives the alert because it turns a copyright discussion into a business discussion.
By Diana Soto The warning of a “new tax” on mobile phones, laptops and USB drives circulates on social networks with the assertion that the government of Mexico wants to charge up to 2% “under the pretext that they could be used to copy content.” However, the proposal has not yet been presented or published by the authorities. These statements arise from information transcended to the media about a proposal prepared by the Secretariat of Culture…
The government analyzes reviving the so-called “digital backpack,” a tax that would be around 2% on devices such as mobile phones, computers, screens and USB drives. Although the tax would be for producers and importers, it could move to the price that consumers pay.
The Secretariat of Culture, headed by Claudia Curiel de Icaza, prepares a proposal to establish a new charge of up to 2% on cell phones, tablets and other technological devices. Sources consulted by EL CEO pointed out that the initiative, colloquially known as ‘Digital Moche’, is also promoted by the National Institute of Copyright (Indauthor), led by Karina Luján, and the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico (SACM), headed by Roberto Cant…
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