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Income taxes (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
Income taxes |
Schedule of changes in deferred tax | ​
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​ |  | Assets |  | Liabilities |  | Deferred taxes, net
Balance at December 31, 2020 | ​ | 10,335 | ​ | 1,770 | ​ | 8,565
Effect in income statement | ​ | (1,130) | ​ | 37 | ​ | (1,167)
Translation adjustment | ​ | 196 | ​ | 43 | ​ | 153
Other comprehensive income | ​ | (63) | ​ | 135 | ​ | (198)
Balance at June 30, 2021 | ​ | 9,338 | ​ | 1,985 | ​ | 7,353
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​ |  | Assets |  | Liabilities |  | Deferred taxes, net
Balance at December 31, 2019 | ​ | 9,217 | ​ | 1,882 | ​ | 7,335
Effect in income statement | ​ | 1,121 | ​ | (56) | ​ | 1,177
Translation adjustment | ​ | (2,352) | ​ | (127) | ​ | (2,225)
Other comprehensive income | ​ | 1,818 | ​ | (68) | ​ | 1,886
Balance at June 30, 2020 | ​ | 9,804 | ​ | 1,631 | ​ | 8,173
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Schedule of amount presented as income taxes in the income statement reconciled to the rate established by law | ​
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​ | ​ | Three-month period ended June 30, | ​ | Six-month period ended June 30,
​ |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Income before income taxes | ​ | 9,610 | ​ | 1,064 | ​ | 16,897 | ​ | 576
Income taxes at statutory rate - 34% | ​ | (3,267) | ​ | (362) | ​ | (5,745) | ​ | (196)
Adjustments that affect the basis of taxes: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Tax incentives | ​ | 1,163 | ​ | 179 | ​ | 1,618 | ​ | 489
Equity results | ​ | 36 | ​ | 14 | ​ | 26 | ​ | (23)
Addition (reversal) of tax loss carryforward | ​ | (63) | ​ | 22 | ​ | (109) | ​ | 448
Others | ​ | 58 | ​ | 2 | ​ | 327 | ​ | (214)
Income taxes | ​ | (2,073) | ​ | (145) | ​ | (3,883) | ​ | 504
Schedule of income taxes settlement | ​
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​ |  | June 30, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
Current liabilities |  | 356 |  | 340
Non-current liabilities |  | 2,336 |  | 2,404
REFIS liabilities |  | 2,692 |  | 2,744
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SELIC rate |  | 4.25% per year |  | 2.00% per year

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