Chosen rapporteur for tax regulation, Braga presents plan on the 16th
The senator Eduardo Braga (MDB-AM) was made official as rapporteur of the project that deals with the first part of tax reform regulation. The text will be analyzed by the Senate’s Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) and already has more than 1,300 amendments presented by parliamentarians.
This Tuesday (8), Braga informed that he will present a work plan at the next CCJ hearing, scheduled for October 16th.
Braga was formally appointed rapporteur, this Tuesday, by the president of the Constitution and Justice Commission, senator Davi Alcolumbre (União Brasil-AP).
Last Friday (4), the Executive removed the urgency of Complementary Law Project (PLP) 68/2024, which had blocked the voting agenda in the Senate plenary since September, when it completed 45 days in the House.
The order, signed by the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) with the request to withdraw the urgency, was published in the Official Gazette of the Union.
The withdrawal of the emergency regime had been demanded by party leaders since July, when the project was approved by the Chamber of Deputies. The argument is that the text needs time to be discussed in the House.
For now, discussions have focused on the Economic Affairs Committee (CAE), which created a working group to address the issue and holds weekly public hearings on points in the text. The group is coordinated by senator Izalci Lucas (PL-DF).
At the beginning of August, the president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), had already indicated that the project should only be voted on after the first round of municipal elections, held last Sunday (6). The idea, according to Pacheco, was for the text to be widely discussed with all sectors of society, including in thematic sessions in the plenary.
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“From now on, we will start working with public hearings, debates and this dialogue with the Executive, the Senate and the Chamber, so that we can build a consensus around a matter that needs to be pacified to be voted on”, he stated. Braga.
“We have a calendar so that we can conclude this year. It’s a tight, bold, difficult schedule, but we are committed to doing it.”
Regulation
PLP 68/2024 details the rules for unifying taxes on consumption, cases of reduced tax incidence and rules for returning the amount paid by taxpayers, known as cashback.
The text is the first part of the regulation, which also has points addressed in another project, PLP 108/2024, under analysis in the Chamber.
The regulation is a requirement of Constitutional Amendment 132, promulgated in December, which stipulated the replacement of five taxes (ICMS, ISS, IPI, PIS and Cofins) by three: the Tax on Goods and Services (IBS), the Contribution on Goods and Services (CBS) and the Selective Tax. The objective is to simplify and modernize the Brazilian tax system.
(With Senado Agency)
