Atacadão is similar to Costco except
it~s merchandise is mostly basic.
Pineapple is near the end of season.
Watermelon is at the beginning of season. Don~t buy it yet.
Sack of orange is R$9.90. Coconut is R$1.33 each.
1 US Dollar equals
This is the real reason that I am here.
Three cartons of Marlboro cigarettes cost R$190.50 about US$78.18 or Canadian $87.73, even cheaper than duty free shops.
It is Canadian $29.24 here vs CAN$110 in Canada.
How can they be so cheap! They did not come from China!
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The prices you see is the final price you pay!
Sugar 32% Rice 17% Coffee 20% Beef 17% Cereal 34% Chicken 17% Fruits 22% Milk 19% Margarine 36% Eggs 21% French Bread 17% Fish 34% Cheese 17% Cold drinks 45% salt 15%
A family spends R$387 a month pays 27% R$104 taxes.
Taxes on Goods and Services — ICMS — Impostos Sobre Circulação de Mercadorias e Prestação de Serviços
While there is no sales tax per se in Brazil, every manufacturer, distributor, retailer or provider of almost every type of merchandise or service pays the state ICMS and passes the cost along to the consumer. While there are some exemptions (mainly pertaining to goods bound for exportation, raw minerals and interstate transmission of electricity and fuels), the only exemption that really impacts consumers is an exemption on newspapers, magazines and books.
Because this tax is largely a "hidden" tax—in that it is not noted on any receipt nor directly on the price of the goods—most Brazilian consumers have no idea how much the ICMS is actually costing them. The following chart provides a partial listing of various items and services together with an average percentage of their total cost that is directly attributable to the ICMS:
powdered chocolate
| 37.84% |
gasoline
| 53.03% |
rice
| 18.00% |
pencil
| 36.19% |
car (w/ 1.0 liter engine)
| 39.29% |
bed sheet
| 37.51% |
cookies
| 38.50% |
books
| 16.72% |
toys
| 41.98% |
pasta/macaroni
| 21.52% |
notebook (school)
| 36.19% |
table
| 30.57% |
coffee
| 36.52% |
microwave oven
| 56.99% |
footwear
| 37.37% |
tomato sauce
| 36.66% |
bed
| 30.57% |
toilet paper
| 40.50% |
pen
| 46.69% |
plants/flowers
| 14.64% |
beef
| 18.67% |
cymbals
| 44.76% |
house (average)
| 49.02% |
soda pop
| 47.00% |
beer (canned)
| 56.00% |
clothes
| 37.84% |
cigarettes
| 81.98% |
powdered soap
| 42.27% |
computer
| 38.00% |
bath soap
| 42.00% |
water service (utility)
| 29.83% |
sofa
| 34.50% |
deodorant
| 47.25% |
telephone service
| 45.65% |
detergent
| 40.50% |
bricks
| 34.23% |
DVD
| 51.69% |
television
| 46.14% |
stove/oven
| 47.25% |
wine
| 47.20% |
fruit
| 22.98% |
cough syrup
| 36.00% |
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