After the issuance of Executive Order 936 (“EO 936”), on April 1st, the Rede Sustentabilidade Party filed, on April 2, 2020, a Breach of Constitution Claim (“ADIN”) before the Supreme Court (“STF”). Said ADIN, which was assigned to justice Lewandowski, contained an injunctive relief plea to suspend the effects of the EO 936 due to the Constitutional […]
Among the measures published by the Brazilian Government last week to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Decree No. 10,305 was published on April 2, 2020, reducing the Financial Transactions Tax (IOF) rate to zero on credit transactions contracted between April 3, 2020 and July 3, 2020. According to the Federal Revenue, this measure […]
Due to the recent economic crisis resulting from the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), on April 03, 2020, the Ministry of the Economy issued the Ordinance no. 139/2020 postponing the deadline for the payment of the following federal taxes: In addition, the Federal Revenue Department issued the Normative Ruling no. 1,932/2020 postponing the deadline for the filing of […]
Brazilian Federal Environmental Protection Agency (IBAMA) has taken some measures towards procedural and administrative deadlines in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sanctioning procedures: The deadlines for IBAMA’s administrative procedures are suspended for an undetermined period, beginning on March 16, 2020 (Ordinance No. 826/2020), covering both administrative defenses and appeals. All environmental conciliation hearings are also […]
On Friday, April 3rd, 2020, the Brazilian Senate approved the Bill of Law No. 1,179/2020, which postpones the entry into force of the General Data Protection Law (LGPD), currently scheduled to occur in August of this year. The Bill of Law regulates several legal impacts in Brazil during the national emergency declared in view of […]
Due to the recent economic crisis resulting from the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), several taxpayers are seeking to replace judicial deposits performed in labor and tax lawsuits with insurance guarantees and bank guarantees, in order to obtain a financial relief to honor payroll payments etc. Labor Aspects On March 27, the National Council of Justice (“CNJ”) […]
On April 2, 2020, the Ministry of Justice and Public Safety issued the Ordinance No. 156/2020 changing the rules for the operation of Customer Service (SACs) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ordinance suspends, for the period of 60 (sixty) days, the general 60-second time limit from the beginning of a call to […]
The Environmental Protection Agency of the State of São Paulo (CETESB), through its Directory Board, has suspended administrative procedure deadlines from March 16 to April 30, 2020. The suspension covers the following situations: (i) submission of compliance with environmental constraints and notifications into licensing procedures; (ii) submission of administrative defenses and appeals, besides other complementary documents, into sanctioning procedures; (iii) compliance with […]
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Brazilian Internal Revenue Service postponed the deadline for submission of the Annual Income Tax Return for individuals, regarding calendar year 2019, to June 30 2020, according to Normative Instruction 1,930 of April 1, 2020. The Normative Instruction also provides for the extension of the date for automatic debit payment, […]
