“It’s a very small impact on the budget to cause turbulence in the budget process,” Fernando Haddad told reporters at the entrance of the Ministry of Finance in Brasília.
“I will have to make a small adjustment to the budget (if the bill is not approved), but it is small,” he reinforced.
Bill 5.473 proposes doubling the taxation of the so-called ‘Bets’ from 12% to 24%, and increasing the rate of Social Contribution on Net Profit (CSLL) paid by fintechs, from 9% to 15% or from 15% to 20%. The text was on the agenda of the Senate's Economic Affairs Committee (CAE) on Tuesday, but the vote was postponed at the request of the rapporteur, Eduardo Braga (MDB-AM), until next week.
According to Haddad, the text is more a matter of "tax justice" than fiscal impact, and was presented at the initiative of Senator Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL).
The minister points are more important to vote on: the Budget Guidelines Bill (PLDO) and the 2026 Budget itself. Among them, he cited the linear cut in tax benefits and the bill that establishes the Special Regime for Updating and Regularizing Assets (Rearp), which included measures to increase revenue.
The Budget Guidelines Bill and the Budget will be voted on normally, he said.
Source: Estadão Conteúdo
