ACM on the 'judicialization' of property tax: 'Zero concern'

In an interview with Bocão News, the mayor promised to approve it "as soon as it is sent to the cabinet" and said that the project is "entirely within the law". "I am not worried. The project is totally constitutional. Zero concern. Expectations are very positive because I think the project turned out well"; opposition parliamentarians who voted against the matters that alter the IPTU calculation basis promise to go to court to reverse the approval in the Chamber on Wednesday (18); "The project contains a series of unconstitutional points", says Edvaldo Brito (PTB), councilor and professor of Tax Law.

September 20, 2013, 19:06 PMUpdated May 27, 2019, 08:36 AM

In an interview with Bocão News, the mayor promised to approve "as soon as it is sent to the cabinet" and said that the project is "entirely within the law". "I am not worried. The project is totally constitutional. Zero concern. Expectations are very positive because I think the project turned out well"; opposition parliamentarians who voted against the matters that alter the IPTU calculation base promise to go to court to reverse the approval in the Chamber on Wednesday (18); "The project contains a series of unconstitutional points", says Edvaldo Brito (PTB), councilor and professor of Tax Law (Photo: Romulo Faro)

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Mayor ACM Neto (DEM) is calm regarding the threat from opposition councilors to take legal action against the two projects approved by the City Council on Wednesday (18) to change the IPTU calculation basis in Salvador.

In an interview with the Bocão News website, the mayor promised to approve the bill "as soon as it is sent to his office" and said that the project is "entirely within the law." "I'm not worried. The project is completely constitutional. Zero concern." The mayor, however, preferred not to enter into a conflict with the city councilors.

"The (City Hall's) expectation is very positive because I think the project turned out well. Adjustments were made and some things were added correctly. I considered the amendments fair. We will have a revenue perspective next year that will be much more compatible with the city's needs. We will have a different execution capacity for the city hall starting in 2014."

According to ACM Neto, Salvador's budget will increase by 50%, going from R$ 4,1 billion to R$ 6.5 billion. The annual increase in property tax alone is expected to exceed R$ 400 million.

City councilor Edvaldo Brito (PTB), an 'independent' party member and professor of Tax Law, asserts that "the project contains a series of unconstitutional points."