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The Brazilian IRS and the Federal Attorney Office have jointly enacted Ordinance n. 555 extending the validity of the federal tax debt clearance certificates for 90 days. Also, Brazilian IRS has published Ordinance n. 543, setting forth special rules for personal assistance at its offices and adjourning procedural terms and deadlines until the 29th of […]

On March 9th, 2020, the Municipality of São Paulo enacted Law no. 17,324/20, to foster out of court resolution of disputes, aiming a better control and reduction of the Municipality’s legal demands. With regard to existing debts, of tax nature or not, the new Law authorizes the Municipality to proceed with transactions involving debts in […]

Yesterday (22.03), the Government enacted a Provisional Measure (“MP”) with labor alternatives for dealing with the coronavirus in Brazil. Among the provisions, the MP recognizes the coronavirus pandemic as a force majeure, allowing the application of specific force majeure provisions already provided in Brazilian legislation in relation to employee working hours. The MP sets forth […]

The Rio de Janeiro State enacted the Decree n° 46.982, March 20, 2020, postponing the payments of Installments of debts for at least 60 days. This measure comprise tax debts and non-tax debts registered at the Rio de Janeiro State Attorney debtor’s list (“Dívida Ativa”). The referred postponement can be revoked before the end of […]

During the session held this afternoon, the National Council of Justice (“CNJ”) approved Resolution no. 313 which, among other things, established an extraordinary on-call regime in the Judiciary and determined to stay all judicial procedural deadlines until April 30, 2020. According to the Resolution, the uncertainty arising out of non-uniform measures from different local courts […]

On March 17, 2020, Minister for the Economy Paulo Guedes signed Ordinance No. 103, which deals with measures related to the acts of collection of the federal government on overdue liability, including the possibility of suspension, extension and deferral, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As measures to be adopted, terms for taxpayers to present […]

Dear Clients, We’d like to inform you of our decision to anticipate the implementation of “work from home” to all of our associates and staff members from the four offices due to the aggravation of coronavirus situation in Brazil. We believe that this is a preventive and cautious measure to ensure the health and well-being […]

ANVISA published today the Resolution (RDC) No. 348/2020, providing for the requirements and extraordinary and temporary procedures for the treatment of requests for registration of drugs, biological products, products for in vitro diagnosis, and post-registration change of both drugs and biological products due to the international public health emergency resulting from the new Coronavirus. In […]

In the midst of the measures that are being adopted by public administration agencies due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Attorney General’s Office of the state of Rio de Janeiro issued Resolution PGE no. 4,527 / 20, putting public officials belonging to “risk groups” on temporary leave and establishing a rotation regime for the remaining […]