T he National Confederation of Industry (CNI) entered the discussion of collection of Tax on Circulation of Goods and Services (ICMS) on internet sales.

The organization joined the Federal Supreme Court (STF) with Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (Adin) against a protocol of the National Policy (Confaz) by which some states of North, Northeast and Midwest agree to charge sales tax part of the electronic where is the end consumer.

By law, the ICMS sales of electronic transaction is fully in the state is located where the distribution center of goods sold. As these distribution centers are predominantly in the Southeast states, the tax is fully virtual trade collected by states like São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

Because of the increase in the share of electronic sales, states from other regions to claim the tax division. The protocol asked by CNI provides precisely this division of the tax, giving the ecommerce similar treatment applied to sales not virtual. [/ Blockquote7]

Signed the Protocol states of Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Bahia, Ceara, Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Roraima, Rondônia, Sergipe and Mato Grosso do Sul also the Federal District. The companies argue, however, that the protocol in practice has made the stores pay tax twice. This is because the regions that hold Farms distribution centers continue charging the GST and full states of destination that signed the protocol passed to charge the local tax in such operations.

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