Brazil’s Congress Returns to Work After Carnival
Brazilian government is expected to restart this week its push to obtain Congressional approval for projects to jumpstart the country’s...
February 15, 2016Topic
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Brazil’s Congress Approves CPMF Tax with 2016 Budget
The 2016 budget calls for the creation of a tax over financial transactions and establishes a lower primary surplus target...
December 18, 2015
Brazil’s Government Pushes for Fiscal Reform Approval
For the Administration the revision of earmarked expenditures and a new tax are necessary to balance public accounts.
November 4, 2015
Brazil’s Levy Says CPMF Tax Will Protect Worker Benefits
Brazil's finance minister said if congress does not approve CPMF tax, programs such as unemployment benefits will be at risk.
October 15, 2015
Giant Duck Placed on Congress Lawn by Protestors in Brazil
The campaign is to show officials that the increase in taxes is not the way to pull Brazil out of...
October 2, 2015
Opinion: Brazil’s Dismal Dithering Dilma
Economics is sometimes called the “dismal” science, because it deals with scarcity. The etymology of “dismal” is from Latin “dies...
September 1, 2015
Brazil’s Government Forecasts Deficit in 2016 Budget
Over the weekend President Rousseff decided with her economic team to scrap idea of reinstating unpopular tax.
August 31, 2015 Opinion: Brazil’s CPMF Tax Resuscitated?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL- There is a Brazilian saying that goes “Farinha pouca? Meu pirão primeiro!” That translates, roughly, into...
August 28, 2015
Healthcare Plan Needs a Funding Source
Congress has to decide on the terms of Amendment 29, which will determine a mandatory percentage of revenue to be...
September 6, 2011