- Brazil’s lower house of Congress passed legislation for tax system overhaul
- Lawmakers demanded reforms to simplify taxation regime and reduce business costs
- High compliance costs in Brazil compared to neighboring countries
- Key driver for tax reforms is to streamline consumption taxes currently at 34%
- Expectations that digitalizing the system will curb tax evasion and fraud
- Amended bill limits consumption tax rate to 26.5% and consolidates five taxes into a single VAT
- Special tax introduced on products like cigarettes, alcohol, gambling machines, and EVs for health and environmental reasons
Source: regfollower.com
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