Six years after leaving office, Federal Revenue Secretary Jorge Rachid has already signaled what he intends to do with his return: recovering the role of the agency in the elaboration of tax policies and returning the focus to inspection.

Revenue officials interviewed by Valor PRO - Valor's real-time information service - and tax lawyers reported that the expectation inside and outside the agency is that, in the Rachid / Levy management, the tax authorities will once again take the lead they lost in the last years.

One of the first signs of this was given on Monday, at the press conference given by the Minister of Finance to announce an increase in taxes on fuels, cosmetics and loans.

Rachid was beside Joaquim Levy. In the latest Ministry announcements, it was rare for the Secretary of Revenue to share the table with the Minister.

Source: Valor Econômico (23/01)

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