Attorney General’s Office of the Treasury intensified the fight against tax fraud and expanded agreements to reduce legal disputes
The PGFN (Attorney General of the National Treasury) recovered R$68.1 billion in credits from the Union’s active debt in 2025 – amounts that the State has to receive and that were not voluntarily paid by the debtors within the deadline. The value is a record and around R$8 billion more than in 2024, according to the agency’s report. Read (PDF – 3MB).
Of the total recovered last year, R$1.9 billion corresponds to debts related to the (Service Time Guarantee Fund), a value 38% higher than that recorded in 2024.
According to the PGFN, recovery occurred through different collection instruments, such as tax foreclosures, administrative negotiations and agreements with tax payers.
FIGHTING TAX FRAUD
A relevant part of the amounts recovered is associated with combating structured tax fraud schemes. According to the agency, R$52 billion was recovered in actions aimed at large debtors and tax evasion structures.
Among the operations mentioned are:
The investigations targeted shell companies, simulation of tax credits and structures used to hide assets, practices often linked to corruption, money laundering and organized crime.
PROCESS REDUCTION
The report also points to growth in the use of tax transactions, a mechanism that allows debts to be negotiated with discounts on interest and fines in exchange for payment or installments.
In 2025, this type of agreement accounted for R$30.8 billion of the total recovered and allowed the suspension of more than 57 thousand tax enforcement processes. The strategy seeks to reduce lengthy legal disputes and increase collection efficiency.
LOSSES AVOIDED
In addition to direct collection, PGFN claims to have avoided potential losses of R$462.4 billion to public coffers in judicial and administrative decisions. Of this total:
- R$298.2 billion – were preserved in trials in higher courts;
- R$164.2 billion – were maintained in decisions by Carf (Administrative Council for Tax Appeals).
According to the body, the result reflects a strategy of prioritizing relevant cases and using technology to manage tax litigation.
This report was produced by Journalism trainee Camila Nascimento under the supervision of the Deputy Editorial Secretary, Sabrina Freire.
