The economic team should send to Congress after the carnival the redesign of the bill that creates a new format to fund the rules of the tax framework, according to the Broadcast. The theme has already entered the radar of the Technical Team of the Federal Court of Audit (TCU), especially after the discussions involving the.
The government’s big challenge is, in addition to predicting the gas aid resources within the budget, to fulfill the promise of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) to deliver “Gas for free” to 22 million families, as repeated by this year during an event in Amapá this year.
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If it continues without forecasting in the 2025 budget, the expansion of the Gas allowance is a problem that will be evaluated directly by the Federal Court of Auditors (TCU), according to technical sources heard by Broadcast. Regardless of the merits of the program, the corresponding value must be provided for in the budget part, they say. The most recent assessment of the court on off-budget expenses is the footage program, which has become the target of a precautionary measure with blockade of resources-later revised.
It was in August 2024 that Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, announced that the Federal Government would expand the program to buy gas cylinders to more than 20 million families by the end of 2025. In February this year there were 5.42 million families served. To enable an increase in the number of beneficiaries, the total cost of the care policy was provided for at R $ 13.6 billion. The 2025 Annual Budget Bill (PLOA) was sent to Congress with R $ 600 million for gas aid.
The bill “gas for all” (nº3.335/24) is being processed in the House, under the rapporteur of federal deputy Hugo Leal (PSD-RJ). The text provides a minimum discount of 50% in the value of the gas cylinder and establishes that oil companies directly pass to Caixa Econômica Federal values equivalent to income for sale of surplus in pre-salt oil. With this, it is expected that the transfers will be deducted from the obligations of companies with the Union, as a meeting of accounts. In practice, this deduction, if it occurs, could result in revenue reduction.
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The Ministry of Finance must adjust the proposal with a new system. On the 13th, the minister of the folder, Fernando Haddad, said that the design of the new gas aid was not yet defined. Asked about the planned budget for the program, he just said that, for now, “that’s what is in the budget.” In the 2024 budget, it took $ 3.4 billion to pay the benefit to all families served.
