THE Congress articulates a new tax debt installment program (refills) for medium and large companies, and which should leave out the renegotiation of debts of individuals with the IRS – even though they already reach almost R$ 80 billion.
At Chamber the idea is to benefit only companies that had a drop in revenue due to the pandemic. The mayor himself, Arthur Lira (Progressives-AL)has already publicly signaled that the debts of individuals, including social security debts from the eSocialshould be left out.
The consensus between the Chamber and the Senate is that the scope of the new Refis needs to be reduced in relation to what was approved by the senators last year and, later, shelved by the deputies for having been considered too “generous” and “comprehensive” by leaders, including Lira.
In December, in the last session before the parliamentary recess, there was still an attempt to approve the proposal in the plenary, but the rapporteur in the Chamber, deputy André Fufuca (PP-MA), asked for the postponement, in agreement with the government. The project would be analyzed in the first session of this year, but there was no consensus on its scope.
In the Senate, the new text must be reported by Fernando Bezerra Coelho (MDB-PE), who had already been the rapporteur of the previous project that ended up paralyzed in the Chamber. Lira and the President of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG)make an agreement to include Refis in the renovation project of the Income tax already approved in the Chamber in 2021 – and shelved by the rapporteur in the Senate, Angelo Coronel (PSD-BA).
back taxes
The total tax debt of individuals and companies amounts to R$ 2.05 trillion. Of this amount, R$149.9 billion are outstanding debt from companies and individuals (ie, the debt matured and the taxpayer did not pay). The remainder is taxpayer debt that has already been paid in installments or is under discussion at the administrative and judicial levels. Sources informed that the idea now is to take advantage of the introduction of a new installment program in the Income Tax reform that is in the Senate, but to exclude the benefit for companies that did not have a drop in revenue.
Everything will depend on the course of the negotiation, which will only be concluded after the Senate has voted on the provisional measure (MP) that deals with the refinancing of student debts with the Student Financing Fund (FIES). In this MP, an improvement of the tax transaction instrument was included in the collection of credits in administrative litigation, by adhesion or at the initiative of the debtor. Today, this process can only be done by Attorney General of the National Treasury (PGFN).
Of the debts of individuals with the Revenue, R$ 4 billion are social security debts from eSocial, a digital platform that has also been used for seven years to register domestic workers. Today, almost 1.5 million domestic workers (out of 5.6 million among formal and informal employees) are on eSocial. The volume of debts owed to individuals by the Revenue is R$79.7 billion, of which R$30.5 billion is outstanding.
The data are from the Federal Revenue based on the credits it had to receive at the end of December 2021. The economic team estimates that about R$ 100 billion can be renegotiated in the new Refis for medium and large companies, depending on the model that is used. approved by Congress, and put the installment plan on the list of fiscal risk to be monitored in the coming months.
refills already active
Micro and small companies already have a new Refis after a soap opera that involved the overthrow of the presidential veto and months of uncertainty about the compensation for the program’s resignation. In the end, the banks ended up burdened for the government to comply with the Fiscal Responsibility Law.
On the project for a broad Refis, approved in the Senate, Lira said last month, after meeting with the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes: “That text will hardly be voted on. It wasn’t last year, due to difficulties. From our point of view, he was very outgoing. It needs to deal with who was really harmed in the pandemic, who really suffered damage “. The information is from the newspaper. The State of São Paulo.
Source: Moneytimes
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