Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Brazilian Central Bank decided to postpone the submission deadline for Brazilian Statement of Foreign Assets (the so called “DCBE”), according to Circular 3,995 of 2020. The annual statement, which provides the position of foreign assets as of 12/31/2019, had its deadline extended to 6/1/2020 and the quarterly declaration, which provides […]
The Infrastructure and Environment Protection Office of the State of São Paulo – SIMA published Resolution SIMA No. 24/2020 on March 24, 2020. It consolidates some provisions of Resolution SMA No. 51/2016, which regulates the conversion of fines program. The updates aim at addressing provisions established on Section IV of State Decree No. 64,456/2019, which […]
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 […]
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 […]
