The Environmental Preservation Tax (TPA) that would be charged this Thursday (12/18), in Ilhabela, on the north coast of São Paulo, was suspended by decision of the State Audit Court (TCE), after representations that highlighted alleged irregularities in the tender process. The auction included the hiring of a company responsible for implementing, maintaining and managing an integrated virtual payments solution.
In a note, the Municipality of Ilhabela informed that it “chose to revoke the tender with the aim of making the necessary adjustments to the notice in order to allow the implementation of the fee during the 2025/2026 summer season”.
The revocation deadline was published in the Municipality’s Official Journal on November 19 and the call for tenders for hiring the company responsible for collection will open this Thursday (12/18). The start of the tariff therefore does not yet have a defined date.
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Tourist tax in Ilhabela
- The environmental preservation tax was approved by the Ilhabela City Council in September this year.
- Cars registered in Ilhabela and the neighboring town of São Sebastião would be exempt from this tax, as would ambulances and official vehicles.
- Tourists would have to pay R$19 on weekdays and R$28.50 on weekends to enter the archipelago by ferry.
- Visitors would also have to pay R$48 to leave the city, regardless of the length of stay.
- Pricing for cars had already been implemented in 2007, with physical payment booths, but was suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- The newly approved measure determines the pricing of vehicle passages, with electronic payment by reading license plates or automatic tags (credit, debit or Pix cards).
- The defined values are R$10 for motorcycles; R$48 for cars, SUVs and combis; R$70 for vans and trucks; R$100 for minibuses; and R$140 for buses.
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