Tax on mobile phone. Who will pay and how much?
There is information that the State Duma is now considered a new bill under which the Russians will pay tax on mobile phone. Or rather pay for registration IMEI-phone numbers in a special database.
IMEI —this isInternational Mobile Equipment Identity, a unique 15-character number that has each of the mobile devices, such as phones, tablets.
If the law is adopted, then to February 1, 2020, each person will have to register the IMEI-number of online public services, and the registration fee will not exceed $ 100. And the record will need to not only the new phones, but also those that were purchased before 2020.
Why is this done?
They explain this by saying that in this way it will be possible to deal with the theft of phones (you can lock IMEI number of the phone that a thief can not use it), and it will allow better control of terrorists.
And like the goal of the law is quite good, but for me it is unclear just one thing - why not sign up to make absolutely free? Why do people have to pay for that $ 100?