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TAXES PAYABLE | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
TAXES PAYABLE |
TAXES PAYABLE | NOTE 16 — TAXES PAYABLE
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Payroll charges |  | 58,907 |  | 75,752
ICMS (state VAT) |  | 25,385 |  | 37,444
COFINS (tax on revenue) |  | 2,162 |  | 5,411
IPI (federal VAT) |  | 14,372 |  | 17,305
IVA (value-added tax) and others |  | 250,719 |  | 148,189
|  | 351,545 |  | 284,101

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