2023-10-31 04:45:00
With the implementation of the Remessa Compliance program and great opposition from national retailers, the number of bills that aim to end any tax exemption for international purchases.
According to Brasil 61, there are currently six projects that aim to end this exemption for orders below US$50, all of which were “attached” to PL 2339/2022 because they present the same subject.
The final text must establish rules for the electronic commerce of international remittances and provides for the charging of taxes on all purchases, and it was authored by federal deputy Félix Mendonça Júnior (PDT-BA).
At the moment, the PL is being processed by the Chamber’s Finance and Taxation Committee and awaits the opinion of federal deputy Paulo Guedes (PT-MG).
One of the projects attached to the main proposal was authored by federal deputy Júlio Lopes (PP-RJ) and he is a major critic of the exemption.
As we cannot equalize by creating equality between what is being charged to foreign companies, we obviously cannot allow this situation to remain. Unless we were able to exempt retail and industry in Brazil.
The deputy also says that the increase in the price of imported products is not as harmful as the negative impacts caused by the current exemption.
What the consumer will understand is that he is paying anyway, because he may be paying cheaper for the merchandise, but he is paying with unemployment, he is paying with inflation, he is paying with higher interest rates, he is paying with the imbalance in Brazilian accounts, he is paying for in all aspects of citizenship.
Representatives of national retail have already met more than once with the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, and the expectation is that the exemption will cease to exist in 2024.
Dário Durigan, the department’s executive secretary, even stated that the rate for purchases below US$50 might be 20%, but a budget proposal sent to Congress foresees a rate of 28%.
At the moment, the Federal Revenue Service is still analyzing data from Remessa Compliance, since around 70% of imports are already being formally declared by retailers such as Shein and AliExpress.
Commenting on the proposals that end the exemption, Suély Mühl, legal advisor at the Brazilian Footwear Industry Association (Abicalçados), said that she agrees with the text of the bills.
The lack of tax equality generates negative impacts. The country’s production is impacted, drastically reducing and automatically reducing jobs. If there is no work, there is no income. If there is no income, there is no way to shop.
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