The plenary of the Chamber approved this Wednesday night (13) a bill that establishes a fixed amount for charging the Tax on Circulation of Goods and Services (ICMS) on fuels. The proposal was approved by 392 votes in favour, 71 against and 2 abstentions. The text is now going to be analyzed by the Senate.
The substitute for the rapporteur, Deputy Dr Jaziel (PL-CE), requires states and the Federal District to specify the ICMS rate charged for each product by the adopted measurement unit (liter, kilo or volume) and no longer on the value of the merchandise , as it happens today. The proposal makes, in practice, the ICMS invariable against fluctuations in fuel prices and exchange rate changes.
According to the estimates presented by the rapporteur, the changes established by the project should lead to a reduction in the final price charged to the consumer of, on average, 8% for regular gasoline, 7% for hydrated ethanol and 3.7% for diesel B. “The measure will collaborate to simplify the tax requirement model, as well as to greater stability in the prices of these products,” said the congressman.
Calculation
Currently, the ICMS levied on fuels is due by tax substitution onwards, and its calculation basis is estimated from the weighted average prices to the final consumer, calculated every two weeks by the state governments. ICMS rates for gasoline, for example, vary between 25% and 34%, depending on the state.
In the new calculation, the rates will be defined by the states and the Federal District for each product based on the adopted measurement unit, in this case the liter for fuel. The specific rates will be fixed annually and will be in force for 12 months from the date of its publication, but may not exceed, in reais per liter, the value of the average prices to the final consumer usually practiced in the market considered over the two immediately preceding fiscal years , multiplied by the ad valorem rate (percentage established by law that will be applied on the tax calculation basis) applicable to fuel on December 31 of the immediately preceding year.
As an example, the average prices in September of regular gasoline, hydrated ethanol and diesel oil corresponded, respectively, to R$ 6.078, R$ 4.698 and R$ 4.728, according to the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). In the form of the substitute, the rate would be calculated based on the average of prices practiced from January 2019 to December 2020. During this period, resale prices ranged from R$ 4.268 to R$ 4.483, in the case of regular gasoline; from R$2.812 to R$3.179, in the case of hydrated ethanol; and from R$3,437 to R$3,606, in the case of diesel oil.
Agreement
Chamber president Arthur Lira (PP-AL) said that the bill’s approval was the result of an agreement with party leaders. Lira said the proposal “has been circulating since the beginning of the legislature”, was debated at meetings at the College of Leaders and a procedural agreement was reached with the opposition so that there would be no obstruction in the session on Wednesday.
“The government proposed to unify ICMS tariffs in Brazil in all states – which we all did not agree with – and what we are voting on is a project that creates an average of the last two years and, on this average, it is multiplied by the tax state of each state, with complete freedom for each state”, he said.
* With information from the Chamber Agency
See too
+ Until 2019, there were more people in prisons than on the Brazilian stock exchange
+ Aloe gel in the drink: see the benefits
+ Lemon-squeezing trick becomes a craze on social media
+ Chef playmate creates aphrodisiac recipe for Orgasm Day
+ Mercedes-Benz Sprinter wins motorhome version
+ Anorexia, an eating disorder that can lead to death
+ US agency warns: never wash raw chicken meat
+ Yasmin Brunet breaks the silence
+ Shark is captured in MA with the remains of youngsters missing in the stomach
+ See how much it costs to eat at the MasterChef judges’ restaurants
+ Auction of cars and motorcycles from Kombi to Nissan Frontier 0km