The ministries of Finance and Planning released a joint note on Thursday (11) estimating an annual impact of R$111 billion from nine bills under consideration in Congress. The largest costs would come from raising the Simples Nacional ceiling and renegotiating rural debts.
The note lists measures such as rural debt renegotiation, estimated at R$140 billion over 13 years, and the bill raising the Simples Nacional ceiling, with a R$50 billion annual revenue loss. Other items include expanding the Municipal Participation Fund and tax immunity for religious temples, each with an annual cost of R$10 billion.
The text also mentions proposals for benefits to nonprofit entities, tax debt regularization, salary floors for doctors and dentists, differentiated retirement for health agents, and resource linking to the Unified Social Assistance System. The government stated it is considering challenging some approvals at the Supreme Federal Court.
The Parliamentary Front for Agriculture criticized the government's rural debt estimates. Finance Minister Dario Durigan had met with Senate President Davi Alcolumbre in an attempt to contain the projects.
