A large amount was released to unlock the approval of the tax package; Even with contributions from congressmen, the Budget analysis was for 2025
The president’s government (PT) paid R$7.91 billion in amendments to Congress from December 11th to 20th – the date on which the Senate panel was last updated. The amounts were paid to unlock the approval of topics of interest to the Executive, such as the tax package. There was a concerted effort to get congressmen to analyze the measures.
On December 13 alone, the government released R$5.8 billion. The payment of the large amount took place after the joint Lula government, which, in practice, made it possible to pay for amendments in 2024. The AGU (Advocacy General of the Union) also on December 10th in which it authorized the payment of congressional amendments for 2024 and outstanding payments from previous years.
Furthermore, the document provides an interpretation of the decisions of the STF (Supreme Federal Court) on the subject, providing guidelines for public managers to pay for the amendments this year and also from 2025 onwards. Read (PDF – 396 kB). The Court determined that there should be more transparency to allow the release of resources. In practice, there was a maneuver to circumvent sections of the STF’s 11-0 score.
Read the infographic with the amount paid from December 11th to 20th:
In pix amendments alone, the Executive paid R$ 7.68 billion in 2024. Of this amount, R$ 3.2 billion was released from Wednesday (Dec 11) to Friday (Dec 13), according to the platform Follow Brazil.
BUDGET
The 2025 Budget rapporteur, senator (PSD-BA), in Thursday (Dec 19) that the consideration and vote on the text would be carried out in 2025, after the end of the Congress recess, on February 1st.
On Friday (Dec 20), the Minister of Finance, who would like the budget piece to have been analyzed in 2024, but considered postponing it.
“I cannot demand more than Congress’s ability to deliver. Congress worked day and night to be able to close [o pacote fiscal]. And it was a condition without which voting on the Budget was impossible. How are you going to vote on the Budget without knowing the impact of the package on the items? It didn’t make much sense.”these.
If the Budget project is not sanctioned by December 31, 2024, the Executive will only be able to carry out mandatory expenses, such as personnel payments, constitutional transfers to States and municipalities and social security benefits. Investments are left out.