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02/19/2014
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Even with the 2012 package to reduce the cost of electricity , Brazil still has the 11th highest rate in the world , shows survey by the Federation of Industries of Rio de Janeiro ( Firjan ) . The value is 8.8% higher than the average of a list of 28 countries selected by the entity that keeps a sort of " custômetro " energy, constantly updated . Before the measures adopted by President Dilma Rousseff , Brazil was fourth.
The tax accounts for a large part of the problem . According to the organization , federal and state taxes and contributions , most industry charges that are specific charges along with the account , account for 36.6 % of the fare . Asked the Ministry of Mines and Energy did not respond .
There is an explanation for the increased tax burden on electricity bills . " The consumer of electricity has nowhere to run ," says the president of the Institute Illuminates Brazil , Claudio Sales. Everyone consumes and taxes are " insonegáveis " .
As a result , federal and state governments weigh the hand in time to collect taxes from the industry , so that today's businesses bear a disproportionate burden of its share in the economy . By calculations Lights Brazil , the electricity sector accounts for 2.2% of Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) of the country At the same time , is responsible for 5.2% of the PIS - COFINS and 8.7% of Tax Goods and Services ( ICMS ) .
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If these two taxes were cut in half, the rates could be cut by 10 % , Sales estimates . However , the chances of this happening are minimal .
There is strong resistance from the States to waive the GST they collect in the bill. Among other things , the collection on the electricity side of phone bills and the fuel , maintains state revenues and , in some cases , gives breath to the practice of so-called fiscal war . The discussion about reducing the state ICMS , which gained some momentum in the last year , is now standing in Congress.
The federal side , there is neither order to reduce the PIS - COFINS . Rather, the technical department of the Ministry of Finance proposed a total renovation of these taxes , considered extremely complex , but the discussion stopped because of the impact the change would have on fundraising.
The simplification would bring losses , something difficult to accommodate at a time when the government considers to cut investments to improve the outcome of your accounts .
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What is on the horizon , instead of a reduction , is the sector charges . The package reduces the electrical energy has increased the list of items to be banked with funds from the Energy Development Account ( CDE ) , whose storage is insufficient to meet the obligations .
Last year , revenue sources CDE generated R $ 1.9 billion . The costs , in turn , reached U.S. $ 16.8 billion . The National Treasury will inject resources needed to close the account. For this year , estimates suggest U.S. $ 18 billion in spending.
The CDE covers , among other things , the cost of operation of thermal power plants , which have expensive energy and were driven by longer than expected because of the lack of rain .
The discussion of time between the Ministries of Finance and Mines and Energy is how much will the account of thermal and who pays , if the consumer 's account , or if the taxpayer through taxes to help the Treasury to balance expenditure .
In addition to this increase in CDE , there are proposals in Congress for new expenses to be charges for countertops . The Lights Brazil detected at least seven bills creating new programs , such as granting subsidized rates for charities to farmers and entrepreneurs in the Drought Polygon , for users of oxygen balloon and for aquaculture . The information is the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo .
Source : Uol
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