The asked the Federal Police to investigate amid the wave of misinformation involving Pix. The case adds to other scams and the change that the Federal Revenue had proposed in the supervision of banking transactions.
The , announced in September last year, provided that credit card operators and digital banks would notify the Revenue of operations above R$5,000 per month for individuals and R$15,000 for legal entities — the rule already exists for traditional banks and credit unions.
The disinformation campaign about the measure, which cited false taxation by Pix, included a fake video made with artificial intelligence in which Haddad appeared announcing taxes even on pets and a , in which he distorts information and raises suspicions on the topic.
Faced with what the president saw as a succession of mistakes, the government’s decision was to back down. The Treasury also issued a provisional measure to reaffirm that payments via Pix cannot be taxed.
At Café da Manhã this Friday (17), Renato Meirelles, president of the Locomotiva Institute, discusses the messages that the government tried to send in this case, the opposition’s disinformation campaign and the balance of the retreat to the Palácio do Planalto.
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Café da Manhã is published from Monday to Friday, always at the beginning of the day. The episode is presented by journalists Gabriela Mayer and Gustavo Simon, produced by Laura Lewer and Lucas Monteiro. Sound editing is by Thomé Granemann.
