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Posted by Ludwig Gallet Friday, June 21, 2013

Aurélie Filippetti, Minister of Culture, announced Friday the passing of the tax on connected devices, advocated by Lescure report for late 2013. She spoke again a contribution “ painless . ‘

The introduction of the tax on the connected devices are accurate. Asked this morning on BFM TV, Aurélie Filippetti announced that it should be discussed as part of the Finance Act 2014.

“ This is a delicate build system, so it will be established under the Finance Act 2014 “, she said confirmed. The Minister of Culture prefers substitute the word “ tax ” that of “ contribution .” This is not trivial, since the challenge for the government is to limit the impact on the price of the devices in question (smartphones, tablets, computers, etc.). Recall that the collection will be added to existing taxes, such as VAT, private copying and to a lesser extent eco-participation.

Aurélie Filippetti ensures that the tax will “ painless . ” She recalls the sense that the devices in question are already taxed without being more expensive than in other countries. Aurélie Filippetti hope in the sense that manufacturers’ affect the contribution of their turnover . ” This however can not be guaranteed.

The question is how much concrete will raise the cont ribution. The Minister has merely evoke “ a very very low, as low as possible .” It will have to wait for hope to have more details. The Lescure report had proposed a rate between 3% and 4%.

This contribution should be used to finance a fund “ that will fund the record stores in trouble “, “ help the music industry and photographers , “she says.

A working group should be set up soon. The Minister justified the tax by the fact that there “ tools today that allow access to music, film, audiovisual content, but does not participate at all in financing the creation . This is not normal . “

An argument also put forward by SACEM, which reminded Wednesday that it was necessary to further tax all connected devices, which allow the access to cultural content and right now the favor of consumers.

If the minister clearly states its willingness to implement the tax, its adoption can not be guaranteed at this time. The text must still be subject to discussion and parliamentary vote.