The Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) has released the 2024 edition of LACCA Approved. Published annually, this guide selects the most relevant lawyers in Latin America in various areas, through surveys of general counsel from companies in the region. We had 30 professionals listed in 13 categories, adding up to 35 individual recognitions. Among […]
In brief On 6 November 2023, State Law No. 17,832 of 1 November 2023 was published in the official gazette of the State of São Paulo, creating the “Consolidation of the State’s Consumer Protection Laws,” aiming to unify the main existing laws that protect consumer rights in the state. The rationale of this new state […]
In brief On November 09, 2023, it was published Law No. 17,843/2023, in which essentially provides for the settlement of tax debts registered in the State of São Paulo as overdue liability certificates. The new law repeals the old legislation on settlements in the state of São Paulo that had been in force until then, […]
In brief Law No. 14,711, resulting from the conversion of Bill No. 4,188/2021, was published on October 31st. Among several provisions, this new law changes the requirements to benefit from the zero rate of Income Tax applicable to both income and capital gains of non-resident investors (“NRI”) in Private Equity Investment Funds (“FIP”). Below we […]
In brief On 27 October, 2023, SECEX launched an anti-circumvention review to investigate the existence of trade practices that frustrate the application of the antidumping duty in force against Brazilian imports of cold rolled stainless steel (types 304 and 430) from China. The SECEX Circular that launched the investigation is available at this link. According to the petitioner (the Brazilian producer […]
In brief On October 25, 2023, in an Extraordinary Deliberative Session of the Plenary of the Chamber of Deputies, the Final Draft of Bill 4,173/23 (“PL”) was approved, which provides for the taxation of income earned by Brazilian individuals tax residents on financial investments, controlled entities and Trusts abroad, as well as the automatic taxation […]
In brief SECEX (Brazilian Secretariat of Foreign Trade) opened two public consultations aiming to collect contributions from any interested parties about (i) the possible extension and deepening of the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Mercosur and India; and (ii) on possible trade negotiations between Mercosur and the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”). The deadline for submitting […]
In brief The Superior Court has scheduled the judgment of Theme 1.079 for October 25th (Wednesday), at 2pm. This subject discusses the application of the monthly limit of 20 minimum wages to identify the calculation basis of the social contributions to third parties, such as Salário-Educação, SEBRAE, SESI/SENAI, SESC/SENAC etc., which usually represent a significant […]
In brief On 6 October, 2023, the Attorney General’s Office of the National Treasury (“PGFN”) added to its services available in the so-called “Regularize” system the option of submitting a Request for Review of Tax Debt (PRDI) for debts that have been decided by the tie breaking vote at the Administrative Council for Tax Appeals […]
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