💻 Tech for tax

Simplifying Brazil’s highly complex tax system will demand major technological adaptation from the government and companies, in a process that will need to be accomplished while legislators are still working out the new framework’s rules.

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Letícia Arcoverde
July 02, 2025

TAX REFORM

Brazil’s consumption tax reform imposes major technological shifts

Tax reform tech Image: Accogliente Design/Shutterstock

The consumption tax reform is a landmark for Brazil, but there’s a long way to go before the changes become operational. Image: Accogliente Design/Shutterstock

In late 2023, Brazil’s Congress approved the skeleton of a landmark reform of its consumption tax framework, progress celebrated as the culmination of decades of discussions and legislative back-and-forth. It was also clear that approval was only the first leg of a long journey toward implementation, only expected to be completed in 2033.

Brazil took another step on that road this Tuesday, with the launch of a pilot program for the technological infrastructure that will be used by the Federal Revenue Service in the new tax system…

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