In an interview with CNN This Friday (4), Federal Deputy Rubens Pereira Jr. (PT-MA) stated that the bill that expands the Income Tax (IR) exemption range for those who earn up to R $ 5,000 per month is an initiative that has the “DNA” of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT).
“This is a proposal from President Lula. And it is not a proposal now because 2026 has an election. No, this is a commitment of the past campaign. If there is someone who has the DNA of the birth of this proposal is President Lula,” said the deputy.
Responsible for analyzing the IR reformulation text. According to him, the opposition is trying to “hitchhike” in the proposal.
Campaign promise, the approval of the text is considered determining to leverage Lula’s popularity, currently falling.
“Other people will want to hitchhike. The opposition is already saying that it will present a project or amendment to make this exemption of 10 thousand reais. But when they were government, they did not readjust the income tax table. They had the opportunity and did not,” he said.
Alternative proposal
On the morning of Thursday (3) the president of Progressives (PP), Senator Ciro Nogueira (PI), met with Hugo Motta, prepared by Deputy Claudio Cajado (BA).
The text presented by the PP brings the following modifications regarding the original content of the proposal presented by the Federal Government:
- Expansion of the income range subject to additional taxation: possibility to raise the limit of R $ 50,000.00 monthly, in order to preserve entrepreneurs opting for Simples Nacional;
- Tax exemptions granted by the Union will be linearly reduced to compensate for the new exempt ranges (Reduction in Radio and TV Payment Payment due to the broadcast of electoral programs);
- Exceptions of public interest will be preserved (retirees, people with disabilities, national simple);
- Elevation of Social Contribution on Net Income (CSLL), applied exclusively to the largest financial institutions in the country;
- Union compensation to states, the Federal District and municipalities in cases of loss of collection.
In the division of tasks for the approval of the project, while the PT will be presidency of the commission, it will be up to the centrão to occupy the only rapporteur. The chosen one was Arthur Lira (PP-AL), which will represent the text in both the special commission and in the plenary.
IR exemption
In the project sent in March to Congress, the federal government proposed a partial exemption from income tax for taxpayers with monthly income between R $ 5,000 and R $ 7,000. With the proposal, the population of this income range will have discounts of up to 75% on the tax.
See how is the payment of IR according to the government bill:
- up to R $ 5,000: total exemption from income tax;
- From R $ 5,000 to R $ 7 thousand: partial exemption from income tax;
- Above R $ 7 thousand: application of the progressive table normally (no changes).
To compensate for the loss of revenues that the increase in exemption will bring, the government proposed the creation of a minimum tax of up to 10% for those who earn more than $ 50,000 per month, equivalent to $ 600,000 per year.
The idea of the federal government is that the minimum tax will be progressively applied until it reaches 10%.
*Under the supervision of Mayara da Paz
