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EU defines high-end smartphones as eligible for high-end taxation

EU defines high-end smartphones as eligible for high-end taxation - read the full textThe European Commission is considering taxes on some mobile phones equipped with GPS and/or TV receivers. The idea is for fat-on-features handsets to be treated as multifunctional devices rather...

 

well here in croatia we must pay 10 euros every month for every TV or radio station we own at home !!! TV - tax for almost 20 years now !!! from my perspective, few percent higher price of a high-end cellphone is not a big deal

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  • 2008-12-18 21:18
  • 0xhC

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-12-18 20:15 from nidVBack to pen and paper. What will they tax? The use of a ball point pen? Better to use a feather then.

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  • 2008-12-18 20:58
  • mhkB

thats why swiss pple avoid that sh*t!!

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  • 2008-12-18 20:17
  • MZV3

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-12-18 19:39 from mhkBwell jolly! that payment gets earned by..... taxes!

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  • 2008-12-18 20:15
  • nidV

good phone , only need 3g, and 8mp instead of 3.2 , good experience!

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  • 2008-12-18 20:12
  • nidV

People working at the european comission should have the minimum national payment.All of them. Then, they would have constructive ideias and not otherwise.

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  • 2008-12-18 19:39
  • mhkB

1st ., bad news

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  • 2008-12-18 19:35
  • p$Kx

what an idea hahahaha. X2 will be considered a laptop

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  • 2008-12-18 19:33
  • mD6k

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