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1.
Sales
tax is 13% of goods or services.
Professional fees to doctors, lawyers,
dentists and other independent professionals are
currently exempt.
2.
In
restaurants the bill will be 23% more than the
menu price. The
13% sales tax is charged, plus a tip of 10%.
If you have particularly good service a little
extra can be left, but remember that the tip is
included in the price of the meal. Many
restaurants have two columns, one for the
inclusive price and the other for the price
without tax and tip.
IVI on prices stands for impuesto de ventas
incluido, or sales tax included.
3.
The sales tax on airline tickets is 5%.
4. The sales tax on
hotel rooms is 13%, plus a tourist tax of 3.9%,
for a total of 16.9%.
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