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the most concrete thing we have on hand to help define our choices in October. This article seeks to show what the four candidates think about tax reform, a dry topic that tends to be ignored during the campaign. This was possible by consulting the programs registered with the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). In the end, the comparative reading allows some conclusions. Disclosure Disclosure The four best placed in the polls Bolsonaro's plan is called "For the Good of Brazil" and has 48 pages. In the sections where the document deals with tax reform, the purpose of the proposal is to boost economic growth and job creation from the private sector.
Simplifying legislation and reducing the tax burden aim to "favor the creation of companies and entrepreneurship". The text highlights that the current government has already reduced "import taxes (II), on industrialized products (IPI) and on the circulation of goods and services (ICMS), which provides a margin of relief for EX Mobile Phone Numbers businesspeople." The intention is to continue reducing the "tax burden on national companies and import taxes, creating an environment of competition and competitiveness that will reduce prices and improve the supply and quality of products and services, benefiting citizens.
Bolsonaro's document is the only one to cite, to deny the intention, price fixing, perhaps because the issue came to light during the fuel price crisis and generated concern. For the record for those who are suspicious, it is written that, "since the Bolsonaro government preaches economic freedom, price pricing would be an inconceivable anomaly." The text recalls that the current administration tried to change the Income Tax (IR), with a proposal for a "31% correction in the table for individuals, exempting all CLT workers who received up to R$ 2.5 thousand per month", but that the project stalled in the Senate.
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