Source: Diário de Pernambuco Online - Recife / PE - 29/08/2010

Have you ever imagined stopping earning daily bread because you have no way to issue invoices? It seems simple that a receipt solves the problem in this case, doesn't it? Motoboy Jaezer Medeiros da Silva, 43, had to be "leaning against the wall" so as not to lose his monthly earnings with the delivery of documents, an activity he has carried out for seven years. Due to pressure from companies that hire his services, he became an IS.

“I became an individual entrepreneur just 15 days ago. It was no longer possible to keep giving receipts for services. The companies wanted invoices, CNPJ. The formalization will give me the chance to expand my performance. I must increase my income by up to 200%. My son will be the first employee with a formal contract ”, he celebrates. Until then, Jaezer says he has a monthly income of around R $ 1,5 thousand. His next step, like Rafael, in the main story, is to open a micro-company.

To follow the example of this Pernambucan, just take a look at the Entrepreneur Portal (www.portaldoempreendedor.gov.br). There, you know 439 activities covered by the IS category. From the butcher, to the popcorn maker, from the manicure to the photographer. Countless professions are waiting for your membership. Is fast. And the chance of you being successful is proportional to your desire to leave the underground economy, the one whose sum of the production of goods and services is beyond official control.

In Brazil, according to Sebrae, there are already more than 400 thousand records. It is necessary to evolve. For Ana Cláudia Dias, from Sebrae-PE, the panorama must change. “In Pernambuco, hairdresser and clothing sales lead the way. We are strengthening information about the category across the state and the numbers are expected to grow in the coming months ”, he adds.