President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) announced, this Friday (10), that he made a donation of R$1,013 to the Arena Corinthians fundraiser.
“Today I wore the Corinthians shirt because I’m going to make a donation to Corinthians via Pix”, said the president. “I will donate R$1,013 to help Corinthians solve its debt problem. I’m with the Corinthians fans because I believe in Pix, I believe in the government”, he continued.
To date, located in Itaquera, in the east zone of São Paulo.
Lula took the opportunity to .
“There have been a huge amount of lies since yesterday, on all social networks, saying that the government is going to tax Pix, and I want to prove that it is a lie. The government will not tax Pix. What we can do is monitor to prevent money laundering”, he continued.
The Chief Executive stated that there will be no taxation of the tool, but rather “inspection” to prevent money laundering.
The repercussion on social networks occurs after they come into force new Federal Revenue inspection ruleswhich expand monitoring about this type of transaction. The measures no deal with the creation of a new tax.
oblige financial institutions such as card operators, payment institutions – including platforms and applications – virtual banks and even large retailers that offer credit programs on:
- Transactions of R$5 thousand or more carried out by natural persons;
- Transactions of R$15 thousand or more made by legal entities, the companies.
Today, I made a PIX to help Corinthians pay off its debt and I took advantage of the moment to deny the fake news that is circulating on social media. Share the truth. The government will not tax transactions via PIX.
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— Lula (@LulaOficial)
