Less than a month before the deadline, almost 60% of taxpayers have not yet settled their accounts with Leão. As of 5:27 pm this Saturday (3), the Federal Revenue Service had received 18,380,905 Personal Income Tax Declarations for 2026 (base year 2025). 
The number is equivalent to 41.8% of the total declarations scheduled for this year. In 2026, the Tax Authorities expects to receive 44 million declarations. Traditionally, the pace of delivery increases in the final weeks of the deadline.
According to the Federal Revenue, 70.3% of the declarations submitted so far will be entitled to receive a refund, 16.9% will have to pay Income Tax and 12.8% have no tax to pay or receive.
The majority of documents were filled out using the computer program (73.7%), but 17.4% of taxpayers resorted to filling out onlinewhich leaves the draft declaration saved on the Tax Authorities’ computers (Revenue cloud), and 8.9% declare using the My Income Tax application to smartphones e tablets.
A total of 60% of taxpayers who submitted the document to the Federal Revenue Service used the pre-filled declaration, through which the declarant downloads a preliminary version of the document, simply confirming the information or rectifying the data. The simplified discount option represents 55.3% of shipments.
The deadline to submit the declaration began on March 23rd and ends at 11:59:59 pm on May 29th. The declaration generating program has been available since March 19th.
Anyone who does not send the declaration on time will pay a fine of R$165.74 or 1% of the tax due, whichever is higher.
Individuals who received taxable income above R$35,584, as well as those who obtained gross income from rural activities above R$177,920, are required to declare. People who received up to two monthly minimum wages in 2025 are exempt from making the declaration, unless they meet another mandatory criterion.
