Big Tech Tax Can Help Balance Brazil Budget: Finance Ministry

Sept. 2, 2024, 4:29 PM UTC

Taxation on big tech companies can be used to help Brazil hit its target of a zero primary deficit in 2025, deputy Finance Minister Dario Durigan said at a press conference in Brasilia.

  • Brazil’s government could negotiate the payments of 700 billion reais ($125 billion) in tax debts with 10 largest companies, according to Durigan
    • Firms said they could pay as much as 130 billion reais, he says
    • Government is budgeting on getting 30 billion of this total reais for 2025
  • 2025 budget does not anticipate extraordinary dividends from state-controlled companies, Treasury secretary Rogerio Ceron said at the same ...





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