Efraim Filho states that PF’s operation against Faria Lima was ‘push that was missing’ to vote on the ‘Against Debtor’ project, which seeks to curb evasion and increase revenue
The Senator (Union-PB) said, on Monday (1), that the operation of the surroundings (first command of the capital) and entrepreneurs of was the “missing push” for the vote of the proposal that aims to combat the default of companies. The project, called the “stretch debtor”, should be analyzed on Tuesday (2).
According to Efraim, companies’ default has caused estimated loss of $ 200 billion in the last ten years and benefited criminal organizations. “The debt study account of R $ 200 billion and 1,200 CNPJs practiced in the last decade. We hope that, reversing the legislation, this practice, this appeal will return to the formal market,” said the senator.
He explained that the change will allow government collection to increase and prevent future fraud. As for past debts, the assessment is that many companies have already closed or operated with oranges names, making it impossible for retroactive collection.
Organized crime and clandestine economy
The parliamentarian pointed out that current legislation favors fraudulent companies and allows more profitable deviations than drug trafficking. “The project advances with a very clear goal of preventing organized crime from infiltrating strategic sectors of this economy, which is what happens today. The stretch debtor is the arm of organized crime, the criminal factions they found in clandestinity, fuel fraud, an activity that gives a greater margin of profit than drug trafficking,” he said.
Efraim detailed that criminals have opened temporary companies and ended their activities in less than a year without paying taxes, which makes investigations difficult. “Companies that are known as eggshell. It has only the formal part, only has the role, but is created in the name of oranges, with CPF of third parties, who even do not know that they are in that social contract. There is no known assets in the CNPJ,” he said.
The “Against Debtor” project seeks to curb practices such as these, increase government collection and reduce the influence of organized crime in the business sector.
