And Marcio, looks like restituição is called "tax refund" from what I have seen on the

Web.  Let´s wait confirmation.

Tax break =>

1. A tax deduction that is granted in order to encourage a particular type of commercial activity.

  "Deduções", just like Dale explained.

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  Maybe it is useful to crawl into Google and see more about it, anyway I

am going posting this ones (again, give Google a try; since there are several tax models.

   For instance, from this site, I gather that they refund you in fourteen day, looks like a  dream! compared to Brazil...   Well, if it is true, I´ll have to pinch myself!

http://www.ftb.ca.gov/online/refund/index.asp

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