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Peru: A Case Against Taxing Cellphones

Categories: Latin America, Peru, Technology

Antonio Rodriguez Lobatón, from the blog Blawyer, argues [1] [es] that taxing telecommunication services like cellphones or cable television is a bad idea. He says it makes no sense for the government to encourage policies to develop mobile telephony and then cause a reduction in demand as a consequence of implementing additional taxes.