Read the letter from ETCO's executive chairman, Edson Vismona, in the October issue of ETCO Magazine

Project by ETCO and the Gazeta do Povo newspaper from Paraná promotes debates on combating illicit trade in the country

Gather different views on the problems of the current tax system and the changes needed to fix or replace it. That was the objective of the Taxation seminar in Brazil,

Everardo Maciel says what is the tax reform Brazil needs - and it is nothing that is being debated in Brasilia

Edson Vismona, president of ETCO, recommends fixing the current tax system, instead of sinking the country into disputes to pay less tax and transfer the increase to others

The assistant attorney general of the National Treasury, Phelippe Toledo Pires de Oliveira, points out issues that he would like to see addressed by the tax reform

Economist Marcos Lisboa cites the principles he considers fundamental in tax reform and criticizes ideas that do not take into account the academic literature

For tax lawyer Roberto Quiroga, proposals for profound changes have little chance of advancing because of the natural clashes of the democratic regime

Deputy Efraim Filho says he is confident that Congress will be able to pass a profound tax reform as proposed in PEC 45

To contribute to this discussion and the search for solutions to the problem, ETCO held in June, in São Paulo, the Taxation and Legal Security seminar. The event brought together great lawyers in the search for solutions to the problem.

Professor Heleno Torres, from USP, says that litigation does not interest anyone and suggests measures to prevent it

The lawyer and professor Roberto Quiroga spoke about the interpretation of the tax rule

Full Professor of Tax Law at USP, Humberto Ávila explained the three essential conditions for legal certainty

Taxist Hamilton Dias de Souza sees dangers in a radical reform and believes that the PEC 45 project can be questioned for violating the federal pact

Gustavo Brigagão, president of the Brazilian Association of Financial Law, recommends paying attention to the taxation of the future, but he believes that Brazil needs to step back and adopt VAT

Ibope research shows new advancement of brands smuggled from Paraguay or produced in Brazil in a clandestine manner. Evasion already exceeds tax collection in the sector