Trench Rossi Watanabe has received the CESA Gender Equity Seal in the highest category entitled “Highlight”. This award recognizes law firms that have solid Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, taking into consideration several fronts, such as internal commitment, strategic planning, communication and participation rate. With a female majority in leadership for years, this recognition reinforces […]
In brief On May 25, 2023, the Federal Treasury Department published the Public Notice PGDAU n. 3, which provides for a new special settlement agreement by adhesion for debts registered as overdue liability certificates, whose discounts and payment conditions will be determined according to the payment capacity of the taxpayer and/or classification of debts as […]
In brief On Friday (05/12), the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published Technical Note No. 4/2023/CGTP/ANPD with a diagnosis of the study it conducted to verify the conformity of the processing of personal data by drugstores with the Brazilian Data Protection Law (Law No. 13,709/2018 – LGPD). In more detail The study was motivated due […]
In brief On May 12th, the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro enacted Decree # 52,449/2023, establishing conditions and benefits for taxpayers to settle tax and non-tax debts enrolled as Municipal executable tax debt, to which triggering events took place until December 31st, 2022. Additional details Exception is made by the program to debts resulting from […]
In brief On 16 May 2023, the National Consumer Secretariat (“SENACON“) published Technical Note No. 14/2023, establishing guidelines for confronting racism within the scope of consumer relations (“Guidelines“). More details SENACON created the Guidelines with the objective of magnifying principles and practices that aim to confront structural racism, with effects on consumer relations, and that […]
In brief The Secretariat of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade and Services (“SECEX“, in its Portuguese acronym), by means of Circular No. 12, published on 04.10.2023, set a 30-day deadline (extended for additional 30 days by means of Circular No. 14, published on 04.27.2023) to gather contributions from the civil […]
On May 10, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved Bill of Law No. 8/2023, originated from Provisional Measure No. 1,152/2022, in order to introduce new transfer pricing rules in Brazil. The Senate reproduced the wording of the project previously approved by the Chamber of Representatives entirely, despite the claim of some parliamentarians for the insertion of […]
In brief On April 30th, 2023, Provisional Measure 1.171/23 (“MP” or “MP 1.171/23”) was published, bringing some changes on the taxation of Brazilian tax residents (Individuals), especially regarding: (i) the taxation of financial investments abroad, and (ii) the creation of “anti-deferral” rules for foreign controlled entities owned by Brazilian individuals . In addition for the […]
In brief Law 14,553/23 was published in the Official Gazette of April 24, 2023, amending articles 39 and 49 of Law 12,288/10 (known as the Race Equality Statute) to determine the process and criteria for the collection of information related to ethnical and racial participation in the workplace. In more detail Per the new law, […]
Following the ruling issued on June 8, 2022, which determined that collective terminations require union involvement, Brazil’s Supreme Court has today (April 25, 2023) published a new decision clarifying that such requirement applies to collective terminations implemented after June 14, 2022. The Supreme Court’s precedent states that “prior union intervention is an essential procedural requirement for the […]
