New tax on printing equipment

Ministry of Culture invited the Government to introduce a surcharge from computers, printers and electronic books. Gather it will be the same as the "tax on ingot" will receive funds collecting societies.

Ministry of Culture proposes to collect money from manufacturers of equipment, which "reproduces" allows you to copy or printed works, including works of authorship. Ministry of Culture proposes to use the scheme already known to the author's collection of audio and video works, which was adopted in November and received in an online community called "tax on pigs." Under this scheme, manufacturers and importers of equipment and media required to contribute 1% of the cost of production. The money will be transferred to the cashier of the Russian Union of owners created a film director Nikita Mikhalkov. According to experts, the amount of payments will be about $ 100 million. Per year.

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