Source: Official Portal of the State of Bahia - 18/09/2009

SETTING: Governorship, Administrative Center of Bahia (CAB), in Salvador.
DATE: 21.09.09/XNUMX/XNUMX (Monday)
SCHEDULE: 14h

WHICH IS: Signature of a cooperation agreement between the State Government and the Brazilian Institute of Competitive Ethics (ETCO).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

OBJECTIVE: Expand the fight against tax evasion, through the development of a system aimed at the inspection of segments required to issue electronic invoices (NF-e), and promote competitive ethics.

FUNCTIONS: According to the term, ETCO will be responsible for providing the development of information analysis tools aimed at auditing control of the data contained in electronic invoices and will make it available free of charge to the State Finance Department, which, after the development and implementation of the system, all source codes and technical documentation must be made available to the Finance Departments of Brazil who are interested in implementing the program. The technical and operational execution of the cooperation agreement will be carried out by a Steering Committee, whose members are part of the respective cooperative institutions. The committee comprises two representatives appointed by ETCO, two by Sefaz and one by the coordination of the National Meeting of State Tax Coordinators and Administrators (Encat), an entity whose general and technical coordination is carried out by Sefaz's tax auditors.

ETCO: In operation since 2003, it is a civil society organization of public interest (Oscip) that brings together companies and non-governmental business entities with the aim of promoting improvement in the business environment and encouraging actions that avoid competitive imbalances caused by tax evasion, informality, forgery and other misconduct. The institute also stands out for proposing and supporting initiatives that encourage ethical behavior in the economy. The ETCO comprises six sectorial chambers, bringing together companies in the technology, medicine, fuel, tobacco, beer and soft drink segments.

ELECTRONIC INVOICE: Created with the aim of replacing paper invoices with digital invoices, it is the new model of tax document that has been mandatory since April 2008 for the fuel and cigarette segments, having already moved a value of R $ 5,7 , 390 trillion across Brazil. The Electronic Invoice System has already passed the 16,7 million mark in Brazil, with XNUMX million issued in Bahia.