April 5, 2019

The Ministry of Economy attributed binding effect to 29 precedents of the Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (Carf). The measure, provided for in Ordinance No. 129, obliges the federal tax administration - which includes the Federal Revenue and the National Treasury Attorney General (PGFN) - to follow the e...

April 4th, 2019

Chamber approves Madrid Protocol on trademark registration

The plenary of the Chamber approved today (4) the text of the Madrid Protocol on the international registration of marks. The proposal, which is on the list of priorities of the Legislative Agenda for Industry, delivered this week to Congress, streamlines procedures and allows intellectual property to be re...

March 26, 2019

Active debt reaches R$ 2.2 trillion; 44.8% is unrecoverable, says PGFN

The number of debtors of the Union reached 4.6 million, which involves a debt of R$ 2.2 trillion, according to data released by the Attorney General's Office of the National Treasury this Tuesday (26/3). As per the PGFN in Numbers 2018, 44.8% of this amount is irrecoverable. Big debtors add up...

March 25, 2019

Tax authorities change judgment of repatriation cases

The Federal Revenue made a change in the rules for judging the appeals of taxpayers who had their membership canceled or were excluded from the Exchange and Tax Regularization Regime (RERCT) - the so-called repatriation program. The analyzes will follow the general rules of the processes to...

March 22, 2019

Usina Santa Terezinha, Paraná, asks for judicial recovery

Usina Santa Terezinha (Usçucar), the largest sugar-alcohol company in Paraná and one of the ten largest in Brazil, filed for bankruptcy protection last night after a setback in negotiations with creditor banks, according to Valor. The company has an estimated financial debt...

March 21, 2019

STJ maintains fine on company that sells advance tickets

Por unanimidade, a 2ª turma do Superior Tribunal de Justiça negou, nesta quinta-feira (21/3), recurso em que a Tickets for Fun pretendia reverter multa de mais de R$ 1 milhão por infrações ao Código de Defesa do Consumidor aplicada pelo Procon São Paulo. Na sessão, o colegiado manteve decis�...

March 20, 2019

STJ sets statute of limitations for breach of contract

The Special Court of the Superior Court of Justice began to analyze, this Wednesday (20/3), a case on the statute of limitations for civil reparation claims based on contractual default. The trial was suspended after a request from Minister Félix Fischer to see it. In case the...

March 19, 2019

TJ-SP annuls notice of infraction that disallowed credit arising from disreputable invoice

The STJ already has a consolidated understanding in the sense that the buyer in good faith has the right to credit the tax arising from an invoice later declared disreputable. Thus, in this sense, the merchant in good faith who acquires goods, whose invoice (issued by the selling company) was...

March 18, 2019

Renault will have to indemnify Volkswagen for advertising that mocks the car Up!

For the judge, propaganda is 'abusive depreciation' and has exceeded the limits of freedom of information. Upon reaching a speed bump, the driver brakes for a woman and two children to get out of the car. Seconds later, as soon as the driver passed the obstacle, the passengers returned...

March 12, 2019

Redirection of tax execution requires disregard of the legal entity

The redirection of tax enforcement to a legal entity that is part of the same economic group as the executed company, but which was not identified in the Active Debt Certificate, depends on the establishment of the incident of disregard of the legal entity's personality. The decision...

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