The rapporteur of the project which creates the regime of persistent debtors, the deputy Antonio Carlos Rodrigues (PL-SP), decided not to modify the text approved in the Senate, and the Chamber is expected to vote on the proposal this Tuesday. The leader of the government in the House, José Guimarães (PT-CE), confirmed to GLOBO that there is an agreement to submit the bill to a vote, following agreement between the political articulation and the Ministry of Finance.
The project is treated as a priority by the government and the economic team because it is part of the fiscal package that Planalto is trying to conclude in 2025. Since last week, the directive transmitted to the grassroots leaders was to keep the text as it came from the Senate to avoid the issue having to return to the other Chamber, which would delay the application of the new rules.
The draft establishes objective criteria for identifying persistent debtors, defined as taxpayers with “substantial, repeated and unjustified” payment defaults. Among the measures envisaged are the prevention of participation in tenders, the prohibition of benefiting from tax advantages and the prohibition of entry or pursuit of legal recovery. The government argues that the mechanism targets corporate structures organized for tax evasion, and not companies in financial difficulty.
The report also creates cooperative compliance instruments, such as the Confia and Sintonia programs, which enable self-regulation, risk classification and the provision of benefits to taxpayers with a good record, including tax compliance bonuses. Treasury says this combination reduces litigation and improves predictability for businesses and federal revenues.
Rank-and-file leaders say there is an “enabling environment” to approve the issue this week. If the text is adopted without modification, it goes directly to presidential sanction.
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