The Senate Economic Affairs Committee will debate next Tuesday (8) the Selective Tax established by the tax reform, proposed to discourage the consumption of products harmful to health and the environment. Among the guests are André Gelfi, president of the Brazilian Institute of Responsible Gaming, and Ana Helena Karnas Hoefel Pamplona, representing the National Association of Games and Lotteries. Abragames is also on the list.
The meeting is part of a series of debates requested by the chairman of the Committee, Senator Vanderlan Cardoso (PSD-GO), to support the working group coordinated by Senator Izalci Lucas (PL-DF) in evaluating the regulatory projects of the tax reform (Constitutional Amendment 132).
The project under review (PLP 68/2024), among other topics, foresees the replacement of five taxes (ICMS, ISS, IPI, PIS, and Cofins) with three: the Tax on Goods and Services (IBS), the Contribution on Goods and Services (CBS), and the Selective Tax, which will apply to products such as alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, high-sugar drinks, and combustion vehicles.
The tax reform also allows for the charging of 1% of the Selective Tax on the extraction of non-renewable natural resources, such as minerals and oil. The regulation of the Selective Tax may also reduce or zero the rates for some specific type of product, which will be determined by subsequent ordinary law.
Among the sectors identified as subject to the application of the Selective Tax are sports betting and online gaming. Regulated this year, the sector was taxed at 12% on the GGR and with the other taxes incident on any commercial activity, it should reach a tax burden between 35% and 40%, one of the highest in the world.
Invited to the public hearing:
* Denise Lucena, attorney of the National Treasury;
* José Maria Arruda de Andrade, professor at the University of São Paulo (USP);
* Beto Simonetti, president of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB);
* Márcio Holland, professor at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV);
* André Gelfi, president of the Brazilian Institute of Responsible Gaming (IBJR);
* Ana Helena Karnas Hoefel Pamplona, representative of the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL);
* Rodrigo Terra, president of the Brazilian Association of Game Developers, (Abragames);
* Menndel Macedo, legal director of the Brazil Asia Chamber (CBA);
* André Clemente Lara de Oliveira, counselor of the Court of Accounts of the Federal District (TCDF);
* João Hamilton Rech, tax auditor of the Federal Revenue of Brazil;
* Victor Bicca Neto, president of the Brazilian Association of the Industries of Soft Drinks and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (ABIR);
* Rinaldo Mancin, representative of the Brazilian Mining Institute (Ibram);
* Felipe Kertesz Renault, director of the Brazilian Association of Financial Law (ABDF).
The interactive public hearing of the Economic Affairs Committee (CAE) is scheduled for next Tuesday (8), at 2 PM. Those interested in following the meeting or sending questions and comments to the participants should click here.
Source: GMB / Senate Agency
