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03/11/2013
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President pronouncement made on grounds of International Women's Day.
Federal taxes will no longer focus on a set of 16 items.
President Dilma Rousseff announced on Friday (8) the withdrawal of federal tax levied on all products in the basket.
The announcement was made during a speech on national radio and TV on the occasion of International Women's Day, in which she also announced measures for consumer protection and to combat violence against women.
The exemption of basic food products came into force with the publication, late on Friday in extra edition of the "Official Gazette".
The government will zero the PIS / COFINS-Pasep and IPI of 16 items: meats (beef, pork, poultry and fish), rice, beans, egg, milk, coffee, sugar, flour, bread, oil, butter , fruits, vegetables, soap, toilet paper and toothpaste.
With the reduction of taxes, in theory, the price of these products will decrease. On Thursday (7), the Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies (Dieese) reported that, in February, prices for basic food basket rose in 15 of the 18 state capitals by the organ.
"From now on, all products of the basket will be free from paying federal taxes," said the president during the speech.
"With this decision, you, with the same income you have now, will increase the power consumption of food and cleaning products, and still have a surplus of money to save or increase consumption of other goods," said Rousseff.
Some items, like milk, beans, rice and flour, have had no such taxes, but the soap, for example, had a 12.5% incidence of PIS-COFINS and IPI 5%.
"A lot of these products have not paid the Excise Tax, IPI, but still levied at a rate of 9.25% of the PIS-COFINS on the main foods you consume," explained the president.
According to informed advice Plateau, the PIS-COFINS exemption will be made through a provisional measure. Since the IPI will happen by decree.
Personal hygiene items - soap, toilet paper and toothpaste - were not part of the basket and will be included from now.
"We define a new format of the basic food basket. This format regarding their eating habits and hygiene, as well as prioritize the most nutritional quality of food, which will bring more health for you and your family, "said the president.
In September, Rousseff vetoed article that determined the exemption of PIS-COFINS and IPI on the food basket. The article appeared in the provisional measure 563, incentives and technological innovation that extends the payroll tax relief.
At the time of the veto, the president argued that the effective relief of the basket should take into account not only federal, but also state. She then decided to create a working group to map the federal tax (IPI and PIS-COFINS) and state (GST) on these items and to define which products make up the basket. The group was led by the Ministry of Finance.
In February, the president reiterated that the government was studying the full exoneration of the basket. "We are reviewing what are the products that comprise the basket, so that we can fully exempts them," he said during the radio interview to Paraná.
Disclaimer tax
With the measure announced on Friday, the government will waive £ 7.3 billion in taxes per year, of which R $ 6.8 billion related to PIS / COFINS and $ 572 million to IPI. Only in 2013, the tax exemption will be $ 5.5 billion, according to government accounts.
"I'm counting on entrepreneurs to if it means a reduction of at least 9.25% in the price of meat, coffee, butter, cooking oil, and 12.5% in toothpaste, soaps us, just to name a few, "he said.
During the speech, Rousseff spoke about the "care" of inflation control and headed for the viewers to say that rules the country "with the same responsibility that govern you and your husband home."
"That's why not a single moment of carelessness control inflation because the economy's stability is crucial for all of us," he said.
"That's how we lower interest rates to the lowest levels in our history. It was so reduced, as ever, the bill for all Brazilians, "Rousseff said.
Consumer protection
The President announced that, as of March 15, the government will adopt new measures to protect consumers. She said the country will "monitor with more rigor, more appropriate fines, will educate businesses, consumers and society at large about the benefits for all by improving consumer relations."
"On the 15th of March, not coincidentally, the International Consumer Day, we will announce a series of measures that will transform the consumer, in fact, a state policy in Brazil," he said.
The government should create new legal instruments to reward good and punish the bad practices, as the president said, in addition to strengthening the Procons and create mechanisms to provide "answers faster and more effective" consumer demand.
"We will charge service improvements and more transparency from companies and the government itself," he said.
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