Tax planning in agribusiness: how to pay less and still recover undue taxes?

Angelo AmbrizziLawyer at Marcos Martins Advogados Agribusiness is in a prominent position in the national market and, year after year, it consolidates itself as one of the vital sectors for the Brazilian economy. Even in the midst of the adverse scenario imposed by the pandemic, this was one of the only segments that showed a […]

Court orders exclusion of ICMS-DIFAL from PIS and Cofins calculation basis

Alana DahroujLawyer at Marcos Martins Advogados Recent decisions handed down by the Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region have granted companies the right to exclude ICMS-Difal amounts from the PIS and COFINS calculation basis. Although the impossibility of (ordinary) ICMS being included in the PIS and COFINS tax base has already been established, the […]

DIFAL regulation creates possibility for companies to discuss tax collection for 2022

Alana DahroujLawyer at Marcos Martins Advogados On January 5 of this year, a Complementary Law was published regulating the ICMS Difal (Rate Differential) on interstate operations destined for final consumers, making it possible for companies to discuss in court the collection of the tax for the year 2022. The discussion about the collection of the […]

STF defines the exclusion of ICMS from the PIS and COFINS calculation basis

Alana DahroujLawyer at Marcos Martins Advogados On November 13, the Supreme Court ruled on the Motion for Clarification in the Special Appeal on the discussion of the exclusion of ICMS from the PIS and COFINS tax base. The opinion was consolidated in the sense that the ICMS to be excluded from the PIS and COFINS […]