Briefly On 2 July 2021, Federal Law No. 14.181/2021, known as the Over-indebtedness Law was sanctioned. The law updates the Consumer Defense Code (Federal Law No. 8.078/1990 (CDC)) and the Senior Citizens’ Statute (Federal Law No. 10.741/2003). After 10 years of discussion, this new law creates rules for the prevention, treatment and settlements in over-indebtedness, […]
In brief In November 2021, the city of Glasgow in Scotland will host the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference. In Brazil, the Commission of Foreign Affairs and National Defense (CREDN) held a public hearing on 21 June to discuss the projects that Brazil will present at COP26. after members of the Congress Camilo Capiberibe, […]
In brief On July 02, 2021, the Municipality of São Paulo published Decree No. 60,357/21, regulating the Special Program for taxpayers, set forth for the taxpayers to pay certain tax and non-tax debts regulated by the Municipality of São Paulo, with reductions on interest and penalties applied by the municipality authorities on tax triggering events […]
Trench Rossi Watanabe, one of the largest law firms in Brazil, announced the respective promotion and hiring of two new partners starting in July 2021. Attorney Flavia Amaral, who comes to the Firm as a lateral hire to further strengthen the data protection, technology and intellectual property team, and the then-senior associate Clarissa Lehmen, from […]
In brief On June 25th, the Brazilian Federal Government presented to the National Congress the second phase of the tax reform, which focuses on the Income Tax of Individuals and Legal Entities and on the Social Contribution on Net Profit. The reporting deputy appointed by the House of Representatives on June 28 was Congressman Celso […]
A reminder that until the end of June (June 30, 2021) is the legal term for companies that receive foreign investment that have Assets or Equity exceeding two hundred and fifty million reais (R$250,000,000.00) to comply with the Declaration of Economic and Financial Information by submitting their financial data, related to the base-date of March […]
On June 7, 2021, was published the Supplementary Law No. 191/2021, which internalizes ICMS Agreement (Convênio) 72/2021 and amends Supplementary Law No. 189/2020 to extend until August 31, 2021, the possibility for Rio de Janeiro taxpayers to enroll into the Special Program for Payment in Installment of Tax Credits (PEP-ICMS). The referred Amnesty Program allows […]
On June 9, 2021 the Brazilian Government issued Decree No. 10,714/2, which concludes the ratification process of the Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation entered between Brazil and Switzerland (“Tax Treaty”). We highlight below the main aspects of the Tax Treaty (others aspects may be relevant depending on the case): Income Maximum Rate – […]
On June 1st, 2021, the President sanctioned the Complementary Law 182/2021 known as the Legal Framework for Startups. The main goal of the new law is to promote and encourage innovative entrepreneurship in the country, focusing on the advance of startups as a path for economic, social, and environmental development, and on the modernization of the […]
