Brazilian Taxes Overview
Last year, were raised a trillion dollars in about 300 days.
In other words, were raised more than R$ 5,300 that each resident has helped with all kinds of taxes - we are 185 million Brazilians, according to the preliminary information from the Census 2010.
You can be sure that a significant proportion of Brazilians don't get for months even a half of that amount collected per person.
With the national minimum wage of R$ 510, a worker needs more than 10 months to gather all of this money.
We have many reasons to emphasize the importance of tax reform, but few things have been done.
For years it is has been contemplated but nothing has become feasible.
Last year we perceive as a fairer tax system favors the growth of the country.
With the economic crisis installed around the world, Brazil decided to try some strategies to heat up sales and, therefore, the national economy.
The positive result, we all could see.
For a while, For a while, the Federal Government reduced the IPI (Excise Tax) of automobiles, appliances and construction materials.
In 2009, we saw a big increase in sales of these products - in other words, put our economy into a virtuous circle, which meant that the crisis would not affect much our internal market.
Another point is that we can highlight Brazil's competitiveness abroad.
With a fairer tax system, it is possible that domestic firms have a price as good as other countries, making our products competitive, gaining market share.
Compared to the tax burdens of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), for example, Brazil is the country with the highest (34%), followed by Russia (23%), China (20%) and India (12.
1%), according to the study "Tax Burden in the world - a comparative Brazil x BRICs," conducted by Machado, Meyer.
With those countries, the competition would already be nearly lost.
But the crucial point that we all have acknowledge is the distribution of income.
In Brazil, social inequality is vast, and each passing day, it only gets worse.
One of the ideas of the Tax Reform is to calculate them according to each person's monthly income.
We must continue providing growth with social equity.
But it is necessary has governments able to make changes in Brazilian tax system.
In other words, were raised more than R$ 5,300 that each resident has helped with all kinds of taxes - we are 185 million Brazilians, according to the preliminary information from the Census 2010.
You can be sure that a significant proportion of Brazilians don't get for months even a half of that amount collected per person.
With the national minimum wage of R$ 510, a worker needs more than 10 months to gather all of this money.
We have many reasons to emphasize the importance of tax reform, but few things have been done.
For years it is has been contemplated but nothing has become feasible.
Last year we perceive as a fairer tax system favors the growth of the country.
With the economic crisis installed around the world, Brazil decided to try some strategies to heat up sales and, therefore, the national economy.
The positive result, we all could see.
For a while, For a while, the Federal Government reduced the IPI (Excise Tax) of automobiles, appliances and construction materials.
In 2009, we saw a big increase in sales of these products - in other words, put our economy into a virtuous circle, which meant that the crisis would not affect much our internal market.
Another point is that we can highlight Brazil's competitiveness abroad.
With a fairer tax system, it is possible that domestic firms have a price as good as other countries, making our products competitive, gaining market share.
Compared to the tax burdens of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), for example, Brazil is the country with the highest (34%), followed by Russia (23%), China (20%) and India (12.
1%), according to the study "Tax Burden in the world - a comparative Brazil x BRICs," conducted by Machado, Meyer.
With those countries, the competition would already be nearly lost.
But the crucial point that we all have acknowledge is the distribution of income.
In Brazil, social inequality is vast, and each passing day, it only gets worse.
One of the ideas of the Tax Reform is to calculate them according to each person's monthly income.
We must continue providing growth with social equity.
But it is necessary has governments able to make changes in Brazilian tax system.
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