On Tuesday night, the Chamber of Deputies approved a bill that establishes stricter rules for persistent debtors and creates programs to encourage corporate taxpayers to follow tax rules in partnership with the Federal Revenue Service.
The proposal will now be sent for presidential approval. The measure had already been approved by the Senate with 71 votes in favor and no votes against in early September.
According to Agência Câmara de Notícias, an administrative process will be opened so that the taxpayer can defend himself before being considered a persistent debtor. To define the criteria, the project creates parameters for large debt, considered substantial.
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The approved text received a favorable opinion from the rapporteur, deputy Antonio Carlos Rodrigues (PL-SP), for whom the project attacks unfair competition by establishing precise criteria to segregate eventual default from that which is systematic and fraudulent.
“Companies that use non-payment of taxes as an illicit competitive advantage distort the market and harm productive investment,” he said according to Agência Câmara.
According to Rodrigues, the proposal works with a two-pronged approach: in addition to combating systematic debtors, it introduces a culture of fiscal cooperation with the Confia, Sintonia and OEA programs for self-regularization and transparency.
