According to Minister Jorge Messias, the Federal Attorney General’s Office identified crimes against the popular economy and they want to get to the origin of the acts
The Union’s attorney general, Jorge Messias, stated that (Federal Police) will be notified this Wednesday (Jan. 15, 2025) to open an investigation with the aim of identifying the authors of news and scams involving Pix.
According to Messiah, a “information disorder” on the topic. The statements were given to journalists at Palácio do Planalto after the announcement that increased supervision over transfers above R$5,000 from individuals.
The (Advocacy General of the Union) said it had identified crimes against the popular economy and the use of the president’s government logos Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)from the Ministry of Finance and Federal Revenue.
Messiah said that “people in good faith fell into scams, encouraged by the lie produced by these politicians, by these people, by these criminals”.
The (National Secretariat for Consumer Protection) will also be notified for abusive practices in consumer relations.
The research should encourage State Procons to create an information campaign so that the population does not fall for new scams using Pix.
The change in rules determined that the Tax Authorities would monitor with a magnifying glass those who move more than R$5,000 per month using digital payment methods. This does not mean that a government fee was created per operationas reported by publications on social media that cornered the government and forced a retreat.
The idea was to have greater supervision, which makes it easier to identify those who do not pay taxes and can bring more costs when declaring Income Tax or making it easier to fall into the “fine net”.
The charging of extra fees in commerce is due to merchants’ distrust in monitoring financial transactions. How the Poder360several professionals in the sector believe that this would be a way of passing on any possible increase in costs to the consumer and avoiding their own losses.
The Secretary of the Federal Revenue, Robinson Barreirinhas, announced this Wednesday (15.Jan.2025) that he will overturn the normative instruction that increased supervision over transfers above R$5,000 from Pix to individuals.
One of the videos critical of the change in the Tax Authority that became popular on the networks was that of the deputy (PL-MG), surpassing the mark of .
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