Source: Gazeta de Ribeirão - Ribeirão Preto / SP - CITY - 27/07/2010

RISSA SCHEFFER
Ribeirão Gazette

The revenue from the Federal Revenue Service in Ribeirão Preto grew by approximately 21,7% in the first half of this year, compared to the same period in 2009. According to data from the agency, from January to June this year, R $ 2,09 was collected, 1,72 billion by revenue in the region. In the same period last year, it was R $ XNUMX billion.

Throughout the country, R $ 379,4 billion were collected in the first half of this year, a record mark and 12,4% higher than in the same period in 2009. According to economist João Marino Júnior, professor specialized in public finance at Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting of Ribeirão (FEA-RP / USP), a series of factors drove the increase in the amounts collected by the Revenue.

“And the main one was the economic recovery, which increased sales in commerce, heated up production in the industry and increased the number of formal contracts. This boosts revenue collection in general, both for social security and for farms, ”said Marino.

According to the IRS, in the 33 cities that are part of the Ribeirão Police Department, the social security collection in the first half of this year was R $ 881,9 million, 20% more than last year. The collection of farm revenues - related to taxes and taxes - increased 32% in the period, from R $ 919,9 million in 2009, to R $ 1,2 billion in the first six months of this year.

For Adriano Legnari Faria, coordinator of the Support Center for Controllership, Finance and Taxes at the Center for Industries of São Paulo in Ribeirão (Ciesp), programs to combat tax evasion, such as the Electronic Invoice, also contributed to the high collection . "And the tendency is that the collection will grow even more until the end of the year, since all companies are obliged to work with Nota Eletrônica."

The businessman Ricardo Nogueira, 46, who owns a factory for swimming pool products, has been using the Electronic Invoice system since September 2009. “It is a program that facilitated operations and provided for a rigorous tax collection.”

Population does not receive return

The breath of growth in tax collection is not the same in relation to the services that the population receives, according to economist João Marino Júnior. “The burden of taxes and taxes in our country is considered very intense because we have no return on what we paid. The services provided are not satisfactory. ” Yesterday, the Impostometer - electronic tool that calculates the amount collected by the federal, state and municipal governments - reached R $ 700 billion in the year. The mark was reached 40 days earlier than in 2009. “The collection records in 2010 demonstrate the real possibility of the government starting to reduce the tax burden for the taxpayer,” said the director of the Brazilian Institute of Tax Planning, Letícia do Amaral. For businessman Ricardo Nogueira, who feels the weight of taxes every month, it is necessary to find solutions such as the unification of taxes. "I bill in one day and next week I already have to pay taxes." (LOL)

Collection in PR and in the country

1,21 billion reais is the collection of farm revenues in the first half of this year in PR.

2,09 billion reais is the total revenue of the Federal Revenue Service in Ribeirão in the 1st semester.

R $ 379,4 billion is collected in the first half of this year by the Federal Revenue Service throughout the country.