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

18 Dec, 2008
The 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...

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  • 18 Dec 2008

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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    • mhk
    • 18 Dec 2008

    Anonymous, 18 Dec 2008well jolly! that payment gets earned by..... taxes!Back 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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      • MZV
      • 18 Dec 2008

      thats why swiss pple avoid that sh*t!!

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        • Anonymous
        • nid
        • 18 Dec 2008

        Anonymous, 18 Dec 2008People working at the european comission should have the mi... morewell jolly! that payment gets earned by..... taxes!

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          • Anonymous
          • nid
          • 18 Dec 2008

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

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            • mhk
            • 18 Dec 2008

            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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              • Anonymous
              • p$K
              • 18 Dec 2008

              1st ., bad news

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                • mD6
                • 18 Dec 2008

                what an idea hahahaha. X2 will be considered a laptop

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