Tax reform could be voted on by the end of the year, says government leader in the Chamber of Deputies.
The agenda was cited by Lula as a government priority, according to José Guimarães.
Brazil Agency - Tax reform is one of the government's priority projects in Congress this year. After meeting with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, today (2), at the Planalto Palace, the government leader in the Chamber, deputy José Guimarães (PT-CE), said that, “among so many important issues”, this was one of those mentioned by Lula.
According to the congressman, it is possible to approve a reform text by the end of this year. “[The negotiation] is under the command of the Minister [of Finance, Fernando] Haddad, the deputy leaders will help, we have experts in the area here. We will start dialoguing from Monday [6] about its content and what we can do in advance to have a robust tax reform that addresses the problems,” he said.
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In a recent statement, Haddad said that the government plans to vote on consumption tax reform in the first half of this year. and the income reform in the second half of the year.
Simplifying consumption taxes is at the heart of the first phase, and the text intends to be based on two proposed constitutional amendments (PECs) currently being processed in Congress (PEC 45/2019 and PEC 110/2019). These proposals consolidate several taxes that currently affect consumption into fewer taxes. The disagreement lies in the number of taxes to be unified and how the merger will occur. There are other tax reform proposals stalled in Congress.
This Thursday, Lula received Guimarães and 13 others out of the 15 deputy leaders of the government in the Chamber of Deputies, chosen from among the allied parties. According to the congressman, the meeting was about rapprochement and dialogue with the president, "which will be permanent." "This is what makes things flow and allows the deputy leaders to play a leading role in matters important to the government and the country," said Guimarães.
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