Project estimates a tax waiver of around R$9 million per year; project goes to the National Congress for promulgation
This Wednesday (October 29, 2025), the Federal Senate approved Conversion Bill 8 of 2025, referring to the MP (Provisional Measure), which exempts taxi drivers from the meter verification fee. The vote was symbolic, with no roll call of votes. The text goes to the president (PT) for sanction. Here’s the do document (PDF – 550 KB).
The text was approved 1 week ago by the Chamber of Deputies, however, the rapporteur, deputy (União Brasil-GO), presented a PLV (conversion bill). The text establishes the exemption from the fee for measuring taximeters, in the amount of R$52 per device, for a period of 5 years. In municipalities with more than 50 thousand inhabitants, the periodicity of mandatory verification becomes biennial.
According to the project, the estimated revenue waiver is around R$9 million per year — R$8.9 million in 2025, R$9.2 million in 2026 and R$9.6 million in 2027.
The Executive hoped to compensate for the budget loss with MP 1,303 from 2025, but the measure was overturned by the Chamber. Even so, according to the LDO (Budget Guidelines Law), MP 1,305 can be processed because the impact is small compared to the RCL (Net Current Revenue).
The MP was signed by President Lula on July 14th of this year and published in the DOU (Official Gazette of the Union) on July 15th. On October 22, the MP was approved by the joint committee.
This report was produced by Journalism intern Davi Alencar under the supervision of the Deputy Editorial Secretary, Sabrina Freire.
