{"id":122357,"date":"2019-02-07T19:44:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T19:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=122357"},"modified":"2019-02-07T23:24:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T23:24:15","slug":"customs-increases-tax-on-cell-phone-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/02\/07\/customs-increases-tax-on-cell-phone-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Customs increases tax on cell phone imports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Customs-higher-taxes-on-mobiles-CDN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Customs-higher-taxes-on-mobiles-CDN.png 600w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Customs-higher-taxes-on-mobiles-CDN-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: CDN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a measure that protects sales by local telecoms, the Customs Agency (DGA) announced that individuals importing mobiles would be charged 20% tax, and not the 3% as at present. The measure is in effect immediately and complies with Customs Reform Law 146-00. The administrative measure reducing the tax had been issued in 2005. The DGA said the 3% is still valid for imports that were on their way or in Customs as of 6 February 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amellcxa.com\/pdf\/Ley_146-00.pdf\">Ley&nbsp;146-00<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7 February 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a measure that protects sales by local telecoms, the Customs Agency (DGA) announced that individuals importing mobiles would be charged 20% tax, and not the 3% as at present. The measure is in effect immediately and complies with Customs Reform Law 146-00. The administrative measure reducing the tax had been issued in 2005. The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/02\/07\/customs-increases-tax-on-cell-phone-imports\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122357"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122420,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122357\/revisions\/122420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}