Bolsonaro: Guedes Seeks 15% Dividend Tax to Pay for Social Aid

Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes plans to create a 15% tax on dividends above 400,000 reais per month to maintain Auxilio Brasil payments of 600 reais in 2023, President Jair Bolsonarosaid in an online interview on Thursday.

• Bolsonaro spoke in an interview with Correio Braziliense newspaper
• Running for re-election, the president said he intends to keep federal taxes on fuel at zero
• After a brief truce during Brazil’s Independence Day (Sept. 7), Bolsonaro once again criticized Supreme Court justices
  • Bolsonaro criticized monocratic decisions by Supreme Court justices
  • President said that there are 3 or 4 court justices who “overreach” ...