A viral post lies by saying that pet owners will be taxed after the creation of the National Register of Domestic Animals, which still needs the sanction of (). “You will have to pay tax because you have a pet”, misinforms the author of a video on TikTok which, as of this Friday (5), had been viewed more than 515.6 thousand times.
The bill, which creates this registry, was approved by the Senate on November 26th (one day before the publication of the misleading post) and, in fact, requires the sanction of the Executive Branch, but its text does not provide for the collection of taxes.
Project rapporteur, senator Mecias de Jesus (Republicans) reinforced the Sheet that the registry “aims to improve public health and animal welfare policies, without foreseeing the creation of new taxes”.
“The registry cannot be used as a basis for creating taxes, as there is no taxable event, calculation basis or any tax obligation associated with the ownership of animals,” he said.
According to the post, the supposed tax was inspired by a . A publication with misinformation on the same topic also falsely states that the charge in Brazil would be R$730, an approximate value of the tax charged in the European country.
Contacted by Sheetthe Ministry of Finance stated that the contents are false.
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