PwC Brazil

The first edition of ITR’s Brazil Special Focus comes at a precarious time for the country’s economy, with the long-awaited matter of reform unexpectedly being overshadowed by a sudden global pandemic. Romero J S Tavares of PwC Brazil introduces the key topics that will dominate the tax landscape in 2020.

Romero J S Tavares e Priscila Vergueiro da PwC pontuam como o Brasil poderia incrementar seu sistema de tributação internacional e preços de transferência através do processo de acessão à OCDE, com medidas calculadas e abordagem ponderada.

On July 1 2019, the Federal Brazilian Tax Authorities (RFB) published Solução de Consulta – Cosit 210/2019 (dated June 24 2019), providing that withholding tax should be levied at a rate of 15% on interest that is accrued but not yet due, where the outstanding debt is used to reduce accounting losses of a Brazilian company via a ‘debit to shareholders account’ transaction.