The President of the Chamber is worried by what, according to his interlocutors, he considers the delay of the senators in appreciating the text sent by the deputies in July
BRASILIA – The President of the Chamber, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), will only guide the conclusion of the second draft regulation of tax reform after Senate vote on the first proposal, the Station/Broadcast. The Alagoas deputy is concerned about what he believes is the delay of senators in appreciating the text sent by deputies in July.
In private conversations, Lira said that the Senate president, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), committed to voting on the first tax bill in the Chamber in November and sending it back to Parliament Roomwith modifications.
The senator’s promise, according to those around the congressman, was made in New York, during the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in September. The two parliamentarians went to the event together with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Since it is likely that the Senate will make changes to the first draft, the text will have to be subjected to a new analysis by the deputies. When this text returns to the House, Lira will have to finalize the vote on the second proposal.
According to the congressman’s calculations, there is enough time to complete the tax reform this year. The constitutional amendment that changes the country’s tax system was approved last year, but it is still necessary to pass the regulation through a complementary law.
Both Lira and Pacheco want to leave tax reform as a legacy of their terms at the head of the House and Senate respectively. New elections for the Board of Directors of the Houses of Congress will take place in February and neither will be able to run for re-election.
In August the Chamber had approved the basic text of the second tax reform project, but Lira had held back the vote on some salient points (attempts to modify the main text already approved) after the government had signaled that it would eliminate the constitutional urgency of the first proposal at the request of the Senate.
On Monday 14th, the Minister of Institutional Relations, Alexandre Padilha, declared that the expectation of the Palácio do Planalto is that the regulation of the tax reform will be completed in the Chamber and the Senate in December.
Senator Eduardo Braga (MDB-AM), rapporteur of the first project in the Senate, postponed the presentation of the proposal’s development timetable until next week, after having undergone surgery to remove a herniated disc and a cyst.
The second tax bill, currently in the House, establishes the Goods and Services Tax (IBS) Management Board, deals with the distribution of revenue to states and municipalities, and also establishes rules for inheritance and estate tax. ownership transfers.
The first proposal, being examined by the Senate, concerns the backbone of the Value Added Tax (VAT), which is made up of the federal contribution on goods and services (CBS) and the IBS, which has a state and municipal structure. . This text also contains rules for basic food baskets, selective tax and cashback for low-income people.
When developing the first project in the Chamber, deputies included meat in the zero-tax basic basket. The Lira was against it, due to the impact on the VAT rate. On the other hand, parliamentarians have established a sort of rate freeze, which cannot exceed the average of 26.5%.
Source: Terra
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