Brazil builds massive digital tax platform to anchor reform

TECH AND TAX

Brazil builds massive digital tax platform to anchor reform

Brazil’s Federal Revenue Service is nicknamed the “Lion” for being ruthless in finding errors in tax returns. Its bite will now be more precise than ever. Photo: Joédson Alves/EBC

Brazil is building a digital platform of unprecedented scale to support its landmark tax reform, approved by Congress in late 2023. The project, overseen by the Federal Revenue Service and state-owned IT giant Serpro, will replace a fragmented consumption tax framework with a unified value-added tax system.

Officials describe the initiative as a technological behemoth that will dwarf even Pix, the country’s ubiquitous instant payment system.

Pix processes more than 200 million transfers a day. But the new system, scheduled to go live in 2026, will…

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