Brazil Senate OKs bill regulating payroll tax waivers
Recasts with voting of the text
BRASILIA, Aug 20 (Reuters) -The Brazilian Senate approveda bill on Tuesday containingmeasures to offset the effects ofa payroll tax exemption, in a key step to solve a months-long strugglebetween Congress and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's administration.
The final version of the bill did not include a proposal to hike taxes on the so-called "interest on equity" payments, as this part of the text waswithdrawn before voting.
Congress approved a bill last year focused on extending a payroll tax exemption for 17 labor sectors until 2027, but Lulavetoed the measure, just to have it overturned again by lawmakers.
The government then got Brazil's top court to suspend the law extending the tax waiver, as Lula's administration argued that Congress needed to propose measuresto offset the missed revenue from the tax exemptions in order for them to become valid, putting them in line with the country's current fiscal framework.
The bill passed on Tuesday following months of negotiations between the government and lawmakers maintains thepayroll tax exemption through the end of the year, while reducing gradually from 2025 to 2027.
State programs targetingcompanies' debt renegotiations with government regulatory bodies and the repatriationof resources held abroadare among the measures regulated in the bill.
The bill will now go to the lower house for voting, after which it would need Lula's sign-off to become law.
Reporting by Maria Carolina Marcello in Brasilia; Additional reporting and writing by Andre Romani; Editing by Sarah Morland and Kylie Madry
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