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Minimum price: decisive step against tax evasion

 

Source: Correio Braziliense (May 26, 2012)

Brazil's socioeconomic reality has changed a lot in the last 10 years. Research carried out by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) shows that several indicators have had significantly improved performance, such as per capita income (increase of 176%) and unemployment rate (reduction of 45%). But that was still not enough to change the sad scenario of smuggling and piracy in our country.

The Underground Economy Index, released at the end of 2011 by the Brazilian Institute of Competitive Ethics (ETCO) and the Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (Ibre / FGV), fell by 1,1% last year in relation to 2009. After registering growth for two years (2008 and 2009), with a speed close to that of GDP, the underground economy accentuates the rate of decline, reaching, for the first time, around 17,2%. Despite this, the volume of money involved in the shadow economy has grown (from R $ 589 billion in 2009 to R $ 653 billion in 2011).

The explanations for these numbers were found in a survey by Fecomércio-RJ / Ipsos. The result indicates that the number of Brazilians who consume products of irregular origin jumped from 42% in 2006 to 48% in 2010. Most consumers heard in the survey justify the price difference between the legal and the illegal product as the main motivator of the purchase.

Many Brazilian consumers have not yet realized that the lowest price includes tax evasion, embezzlement, contraband, lack of product guarantees and, possibly, worse quality. How to deal with a problem that does not come up against physical boundaries and is culturally accepted by society? It is evident that stricter laws can contribute to discourage the practice of contravention. Today, very little is done on a punitive basis, both against those who co-opt someone and against those who are co-opted.

The tax issue is perhaps the most important in this regard. Much has been discussed about the tax burden in Brazil, one of the highest in the world, and especially about the difficulty in the process of paying taxes. If we take the cigarette sector as an example, we see that, in 2011, the share of products sold originating from smuggling and manufactured by companies that possibly do not collect their taxes properly reached about 30% of the Brazilian market. As a result, tax evasion is estimated to have reached the R $ 2 billion mark.

The formal industry, pressured by the high tax burden, today above 60%, is forced to practice prices much higher than those offered by the illegal market. The difference between prices charged by the formal industry and smuggling in some Brazilian cities can reach a stratospheric 240%.

Through Law No. 12.546, sanctioned on December 14, 2011 by President Dilma Rousseff, which among other topics will introduce the change of the IPI system for cigarettes, increasing the tax burden to close to 70% by 2015, the federal government created the minimum price for the sale of cigarettes. The goal is to curb tax evasion caused not only by smuggling, but mainly by companies that fail to pay all taxes due. The measure brings penalties to retailers who sell cigarettes below R $ 3 (2012), and the merchant may have the product seized and still be disqualified from selling cigarettes for five years.

For the Federal Revenue, the law aims to "curb the tax evasion that occurs in the cigarette manufacturing sector by the predatory practice of prices that encourage unfair competition in the sector". The initiative is an important step in the fight against the illegal market, but it cannot come alone. In order to prevent it from ending like other laws that “do not stick”, the inspection and the appropriate punishment must be companions inseparable from the minimum price.

The fixing of the minimum price, according to the IRS, "will provide greater competitiveness among companies, ensuring the implementation of favorable conditions for the development of activities in an environment of fair and fair competition". However, the established minimum price is still far from being able to cover all costs, margins and taxes paid by manufacturers.

With the new IPI rules, selling a pack of cigarettes for R $ 3 and paying all taxes will possibly mean still working with a negative margin, which increases the risk of probable tax evasion. Economic-financial analyzes show that, ideally, the minimum price should be set at a level between R $ 3,50 and R $ 4 in 2012.

In order for the country to continue moving forward and to count on an even more attractive business environment, it is essential to persevere in reducing the current levels of tax evasion, not only in the cigarette sector, but in all those that stand out for the high tax evasion, in a way to give priority to an effective balance between market agents, in line with what the principles of free initiative and free competition set forth in Article 170 of the Constitution assert.

Finally, the statement that the increase in taxation on cigarettes would lead to a reduction in consumption is not sustained, since, in practice, it tends to imply a migration of consumption to the illegal market, which, with artificially low prices, constitutes in an even more attractive offer for new consumers.

Robert Abdenur

Diplomat and executive president of the Brazilian Institute of Competition Ethics (ETCO)

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New weapons to combat tax evasion

Source: Valor Econômico

Tax evasion is one of the factors that most compromise the development of an economy, especially when it comes to the economy of an emerging country, such as Brazil. All sorts of justifications are used by tax evaders, from the high tax burden, through the complex steps for paying taxes, to corruption among those responsible for the destination of the tax.

Although totally or partially true, in the vast majority of cases these justifications end up being used more as pretexts for a practice that has been eroding the health of the national economy: unfair competition. In order to face the problem, mega operations are carried out, which are punitive and also have a significant media effect.

In August, for example, the Federal Police carried out one of these initiatives, with coordinated actions in the Federal District and in 17 states. The objective was to recover R $ 1 billion in deviated taxes from the public coffers.

Technology can help when it provides resources needed to track products from the source

These operations are very important, as they are part of the inspection effort. But prevention is also essential to avoid tax evasion.

In that case, technology can help. Especially when it provides the necessary resources for product tracking, from production to sale to the consumer. Mechanisms to track and control products have been developed in initiatives by companies and civil society institutions that have the collaboration of the Union and Federation units.

Two mechanisms have had good results: the Beverage Production Control System (Sicobe) and the Cigarette Production Control and Tracking System (Scorpios). These are two sectors of the economy that are very well organized, but which often suffer unfair competition because they are in the sights of some producers eager to obtain competitive advantages through tax evasion.

Research by the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) pointed out that more than 60% of sales of spirits occur informally. To change this reality, in 2008 the Union adopted Sicobe, a tool that allows tracking the drink produced in the country. Sicobe sends to the IRS, in real time and directly from the factories, information about the manufacturer, brand, product manufacturing date, volume, packaging, etc.

The results are expressive: one year after its implementation, the collection of federal taxes, such as IPI, PIS and Cofins, increased by 20% in the beverage sector. Success is leading States to repeat the experience, to combat tax evasion such as the ICMS.

The disbursement of R $ 0,03 per unit, in order to reimburse the Casa da Moeda for the system maintenance procedures, provoked a reaction from some small and medium manufacturers. But time must show that it is more worthwhile to invest in prevention to face unfair competition.

The same is true in the cigarette industry. According to industry data, the illegal cigarette trade (contraband, counterfeiting and tax evasion) represents more than 28% of the Brazilian market. Estimates indicate that the collection loss in the sector is over R $ 2 billion per year.

The Cigarette Production Control and Tracking System (Scorpios) is the mechanism used by the Union to identify the route of the marketed product, in order to interrupt the evasion chain. Adopted in 2007, Scorpios also allows you to control the cigarette production and sealing process in real time. Manufactured by the Casa da Moeda, the stamps contain information about manufacturer, brand, date of manufacture and tax class.

States can now also count on the so-called Business Intelligence - Electronic Invoice (BI-NF-e), which adds intelligence to the analysis of data generated by electronic invoices, and is already being implemented in 16 states. It also allows the Finance Secretariats to extract information for better inspection of the segments required to issue the NF-e, mainly in the control of interstate operations.

In addition, it also contributes to increase the collection of the Tax on Circulation of Goods and Services (ICMS). A resource for the States, which makes it possible to expand the collection without increasing the tax burden.

In the drug industry, another sector that is very affected by tax evasion and fraud, control processes are fundamental to guarantee not only competitive equality, but mainly to avoid risks to public health, given the nature of the object. In a statement released in December 2011, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) stated that it has already decided on the guidelines that will guide the implementation of the National Drug Control System, as determined by Law 11.903 / 09.

The way to pay taxes must be simplified in Brazil and the destination of taxes must be monitored by society. Regardless, measures to prevent and inspect the collection need to be on the priority list of any public administrator.

With the implementation of the aforementioned instruments, everyone wins. The government, in all its spheres, has more resources to apply to social improvements; the private initiative, which now has more equitable market conditions, and society in general, which can consume tested and approved quality products, from their manufacture to the point of sale.

Roberto Abdenur is President of ETCO

Revenue seizes R $ 11,3 million in smuggling

Source: Agência Globo

RIO - The IRS seized $ 11,3 million in contraband and drugs in September in Foz do Iguaçu, according to a balance sheet released on Monday.

According to the IRS, the products that showed the highest percentage growth compared to September last year, were drinks with 73% and perfumes with 54%, with figures of 32 thousand dollars and 191 thousand dollars, respectively.

In absolute terms, the seizure of vehicles totaled US $ 3,5 million, being one of the most representative items. There were 253 in total, including automobiles, SUVs, buses, trucks and motorcycles, which results in an average slightly higher than 8 seizures per day.

The value in seizures of electronics remains sharp, totaling $ 3,1 million in the month, representing an increase of 11% over the same period last year. In the period from January to September of that year, the increase is 44% in relation to 2010.

Cigarette seizures also continue to account for a significant portion, reaching a value of $ 1,1 million in September, 32% more than in the same month last year.

The total amount of seizures recorded in the period from January to September 2011 has already reached US $ 107,3 million in contraband goods, vehicles, drugs and ammunition. Compared to the same period last year, there was an increase of 26% in 2011.

 

Tax evasion imposes heavy costs on good payers

See Online - 11/09/2011

Operation Alchemy, flared on August 17 by the Federal Police, the Federal Revenue Service and the Federal Public Ministry, it dismantled a gang accused of withholding at least 1 billion reais in taxes. The scheme - one of the biggest tax frauds in the history of Brazil - involved 300 chemical companies, had branches in tax havens and was investigated by the authorities since the 90s. However, the deviations made by the criminal organization are only Tip of the iceberg. Estimates from the Brazilian Institute of Tax Planning (IBPT) for 2008 show that companies evade about 200 billion reais annually (check table with tax evasion numbers in the country). Adding up the deviations of individuals, the amount rises to 261 billion reais - equivalent to 9% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and more than the combined budgets of the ministries of Health and Education, and the Bolsa-Família Program, of 156 billions of reais. Such a deviation is not something that simply goes blank, without leaving consequences.

The leak left by tax evasion has harmful effects on society, since the government has almost a tenth of GDP less to make investments. In addition, to cover the enormous expenses of the spending state and meeting the primary surplus targets - the economy to reduce long-term debt - the entire government's fundraising effort falls solely on the good payers of this country. In this sense, protecting the state of these evildoers can be understood as a social justice policy. (See some cases of tax evasion that won the newspaper pages)

Unfair competition - The problem directly affects the private sector. Companies that “benefit” from non-payment of taxes gain an illegal competitive advantage, causing distortions in the market. “Companies that do everything correctly and pay their taxes on time suffer competitive losses. Therefore, they end up increasing prices or give up investing in innovation ”, explains Roberto Abdenur, former ambassador and president of the Brazilian Institute of Ethics in Competition (ETCO).

Another element inherent to tax evasion in Brazil is the gigantism of the informal economy: 18,3% of GDP in 2010, according to a survey conducted by ETCO in partnership with the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV). “Today there is pressure from companies for more formalization, which is in line with the government's wishes. In retail, for example, the competitors that are most annoying are those that sell without invoices ”, explains Luiz Felipe D'Ávila, president of the Center for Public Leadership (CLP).

Criminals who use tax evasion to appropriate a sum that is, in the last resort, everyone's also usually use the complex Brazilian tax system to practice their crimes. “In all, there are approximately one hundred types of taxes, 16.000 rules and laws and 180.000 articles dealing with taxes in Brazil. This is not a system, it is a cipoal ”, says tax lawyer Miguel Silva. “It doesn't matter that the system is complex, or that the load is extremely heavy. We are facing something that harms honest society. What is due has to be paid ”, says lawyer Fernando Steinbruch, from IBPT.

Tax evasion cases that won the newspaper pages:

2007 - Reborn

In 2007, a scandal struck the Church Renascer em Cristo. Its founders, Bishop Sônia Hernandes and her husband, apostle Estevam Hernandes, were arrested for trying to enter the United States with more money than the $ 10 they had declared. Imagining that they would pass the inspection unscathed, the couple distributed their resources in a purse, a CD holder, a suitcase and even a Bible. The strategy went awry and the US authorities ended up seizing $ 56. The action, in fact, had been previously planned by the Special Action Group for the Repression of Organized Crime (Gaeco), of the Public Ministry of São Paulo, and the FBI. The couple was just fleeing the prison that had been requested by the MP on charges of fraud, money laundering and tax evasion - the IRS was investigating, at the time, bank accounts linked to the Renascer Group, in which about 46 million reais were handled. declared. Time passed, the case cooled and the Bishop turned the corner. She even just released a book, Living Well with Life, in which she tells personal stories. The work, of course, ignores the episode of the couple's arrest.

2009 - Daslu

In March 2009, businesswoman Eliana Tranchesi, her brother, Antonio Carlos Piva de Albuquerque, and four other people were convicted and imprisoned for crimes of conspiracy, import fraud and forgery of documents. Tranchesi - owner of the traditional boutique Daslu, focused on selling luxury items in the capital of São Paulo - got a habeas corpus and was released. The other defendants were also released shortly afterwards. Investigations into the smuggling and fraud scheme began four years before arrest warrants with the seizure of a Gucci invoice in a container at Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo. The document confirmed the direct sale of the Italian brand to Daslu. However, another receipt, presented by the company to the IRS, informed that the goods had been acquired by an importer and arrived in the country from Miami, in the United States. In July 2010, the company entered into a judicial reorganization regime and, in February this year, it was sold to the Laep Investimentos fund, owned by businessman Marcos Elias, a former controller of Parmalat. In the same year of the Daslu scandal, in 2009, another businesswoman in the luxury sector fell into the fine fabric. Tânia Bulhões, owner of a chain of stores, was accused of illegal importation and avoidance of foreign exchange, and was ordered to provide community services.

2011 - Sales Machine

The businessman Ricardo Nunes - partner of the retailer Máquina de Vendas, resulting from the merger between the chain Ricardo Eletro, which he founded, with the northeastern Insinuante - was sentenced in August to three years and four months in prison for the crime of active corruption. The reason was a complaint by the Attorney General's Office that he had paid a bribe to an IRS tax auditor so that his company would not be assessed. The professional in question, Einar de Albuquerque Pismel Júnior, was arrested in flagrante delicto, in September last year, with 50.000 reais and $ 4.000 in cash when he left the Ricardo Eletro office, in the south of São Paulo. Nunes' lawyer alleges his client's innocence and appealed to the Regional Federal Court.

2011 - Ivete Sangalo

Even the Bahian singer Ivete Sangalo did not escape the “Leão”. In your case, the complaint came from a close person. Her former drummer, Antônio da Silva, known as Toinho Batera, sues the singer's team for not having received labor rights when leaving the job. The compensation requested by Batera is R $ 5 million. In the case of the fraud involving Ivete, the suspicion is that a front company, Banda do Bem Produções Artísticas, was opened just to pay the salaries of the professionals in her band. According to Silva's defense lawyer, Willer Tomaz, the musicians were appointed partners of the company in question. Thus, the employees' real contractor, Caco de Telha Produções Artísticas, did not pay benefits such as 13th salary, vacation and guarantee fund, in addition to evading taxes. Both Banda do Bem and Caco de Telha are controlled by Luiz Paulo de Souza Nunes, brother-in-law and partner of Ivete Sangalo. The process is in court and has no date to be judged.

2011 - Pagé Gallery

With more than 1,4 million visitors a month, Galeria Pagé, in São Paulo, was known as the mecca of counterfeit, smuggled products that had not collected taxes from public coffers. In April this year, the site was closed due to a joint operation by the city hall, the Secretariat of Public Security, the Federal Revenue Service, the Ministry of Justice and Sanitary Surveillance. At the time, about a million products were seized, including watches, glasses, clothing, sneakers, toys and electronics, extracted from 148 different stores and 50 people were arrested. The building was closed for ten days. After that period, the project was reopened with the idea of ​​gradually being transformed into a modern outlet. The location, however, has not yet proved to be very different.

The work carried out by the Federal Revenue Service, combined with technology, has advances. The experts interviewed by the VEJA website state, in unison, that it has become more difficult for companies to carry out tax fraud. Good news for those who pay their obligations on time and who, justice is done, can dream of having their share of the arduous weight of the state reduced.

Rio loses R $ 20 billion a year in revenue from piracy

Source: O Globo Online - Rio de Janeiro / RJ - 17/12/2010

RIO - The Disque Antipirataria, service created by the State Legislative Assembly (Alerj) to receive denunciations and complaints about the commercialization of pirated products in Rio de Janeiro received, during the year, a total of 478 denunciations. The irregular products most cited by the complainants were CDs, DVDs, sporting goods and medicines.

According to the president of the Alerj Anti-Piracy Commission, deputy Dionísio Lins, the State of Rio de Janeiro today loses about R $ 20 billion in revenue per year due to informality, failing to generate approximately 18 thousand new jobs.

To try to raise awareness and guide consumers at the time of purchase, in addition to showing that the acquisition of counterfeit products is considered a crime, the Alerj Anti-Piracy Commission carried out during the year about 120 educational campaigns with the distribution of the Eye Live - Say No to booklet Piracy in several neighborhoods in the city. Commission technicians were also in public and private schools, in order to prepare young consumers and encourage debates on the subject.

- The number of pirated products sold in the city of Rio has been increasing. There are toys, clothes, electronic products, lamps and sneakers sold without any type of certification, which harms the legalized trade - points out Dionísio Lins.

Shopping time tips

According to the Anti-Piracy Commission, consumers should pay attention to the following tips to avoid buying counterfeit products.

In the case of toys, it is essential that those responsible pay attention to details, such as the printing on the packaging of the child's age for which the product is intended, the assembly instructions and the Inmetro seal. If the toy is imported, the product information must be in Portuguese.

When buying clothes, the consumer needs to observe if the pieces are printed with the textile composition and the washing method, avoiding future losses.

The Antipiracy Dial is open from Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 17 pm, and calls 0800.282.6582.

 

Farm performs mega operation against evasion, fraud and defaults

Source: O Serrano - Serra Negra / SP - 05/12/2010

The Secretariat of Finance of the State of São Paulo carried out a mega operation to combat fraud, evasion and default in the State. The São Paulo tax authorities, with the support of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the State Attorney General's Office, the Secretariat of Transport and the Military Highway Police, closed the siege on five fronts, in the so-called Operation Conformity: tax representations were made at the Public Ministry requesting criminal actions against tax evaders; steps at stations to identify suspected fuel adulteration; roadblocks for checking loads and collecting IPVA; carrying out extrajudicial protests on ICMS debts; and request for attachment of credit card receivables from companies with tax debts. About XNUMX tax agents participate in the actions across the state.

"We are taking concentrated actions to inhibit tax evasion, which is one of the most serious crimes, because it is a crime against the whole of society," said Finance Secretary Mauro Ricardo Costa. The secretary handed over this Wednesday to the Attorney General of Justice, Fernando Grella Vieira, 643 tax offices for criminal purposes, related to state tax debts that, together, total R $ 1,1 billion. The debts refer to processes of tax assessment and imposition of fines definitively judged related to tax evasion, over which there is no possibility of administrative appeal. The delivery was made at the Criminal Operational Support Center (CAO Crim) of the MP, in the capital. According to the attorney general, the action is very important. “The Public Prosecutor's Office will give all the attention and due process to the proceedings. We are aware of the importance and relevance of this act and that is why we have valued this partnership with the Secretariat of Finance ”, he said.

Criminal prosecutors across the state will examine the cases and, if they find evidence of intent or bad faith on the part of those involved in tax evasion practices, they will ask the court to open criminal proceedings against the accused. Of the 643 tax representations, 34 are related to the withholding of ICMS by fuel distributors, in operations subject to the tax substitution regime, and which failed to pass on to the Tax Authorities the amounts charged from the reseller stations, in the total amount of R $ 28,3, XNUMX millions. The largest debts are concentrated in the regions of the capital, Araraquara, ABC and Campinas.

On another front, Operation De Olho na Bomba closed two gas stations in the capital due to adulteration of gasoline. Another eight stations were visited by inspectors, who collected samples for analysis. If there is non-compliance, they can also be closed. Although Operation De Olho na Bomba is a routine action by the Finance Secretariat - more than 800 posts have been closed since its inception in 2005 - this Wednesday's action targeted posts that were already under suspicion by the tax authorities. In addition to income tax agents, there was the participation of the Procon Foundation.

This action gives continuity to another mega-operation of the Secretariat of Finance held in October, as part of the National Day to Combat Tax Evasion. The offensive was carried out on 166 targets in the capital and cities in the interior of the state. In all, 35 stations had their state registration canceled for the sale of adulterated fuels and lack of renewal of IE. Another 3 were sealed because they had already been assessed but operated irregularly.

On the third front of the mega-operation, tax agents from Rendas, military road policemen and agents from the Secretariat of Transportation mounted blockades at more than ten points located on São Paulo highways, with the purpose of identifying vehicles with expired licenses and those in default in relation to the IPVA. The operation used the newly installed OCR radars, which read plates and cross information from several databases, including the Finance Department. 618 vehicles were approached, of which 225 were apprehended. Of these, 74 had their IPVA overdue (total debts exceed R $ 100 thousand). Two stolen vehicles were recovered by highway police. The tax authorities also seized irregular goods in the amount of R $ 36,1 thousand.

Also as part of the mega-operation, the Attorney General's Office - PGE carried out, at the request of the Secretariat of Finance, the Active Debt Certificates - CDAs protest of 46 taxpayers related to ICMS debts, totaling R $ 37,7 million, in updated values. Most of the debts were generated by automotive and metallurgy industries, paper and packaging, food and sugar and alcohol plants. In the second half of December, it will be the turn of the CDAs referring to IPVA debts of 47 taxpayers who own high-value vehicles, totaling R $ 194,3 thousand. Eduardo Fagundes, Deputy Attorney of the State of the Tax-Litigation Area, praised the results of the operation: "Once we can work together, this effort multiplies and this is in line with the increase in revenue and the educational factor".

It is worth mentioning that the measure applied by PGE meets the guidance of the National Council of Justice, which defends the use of administrative collection, through the protest of active debt certificates, before filing tax enforcement actions, as a measure intended to relieve the Judiciary. With debts protested at notaries, debtors will be able to have their names posted on SPC and Serasa.

Also on Wednesday, pledges were filed by PGE with the Judiciary against 14 companies from São Paulo already with debts registered in the State's Active Debt. The Attorney General's Office is asking for the attachment of receivables from credit and debit card companies used by the clients of these companies. Thus, the Treasury may receive a part of the sales figures made with cards to cover the debts of these companies. So far, the Secretariat of Finance has used this mechanism to request the attachment in 33 actions. Of these, 16 have already been heard by the Court, which granted 14 requests. The two rejected requests are being appealed. With this action, the Finance Department and PGE expect to recover ICMS debts in the amount of R $ 238,6 million.

 

814 closed gas stations in São Paulo

Source: A Tribuna - Baixada Santista - Santos / SP - 09/11/2010

The Litoral Regional Tax Office canceled this Tuesday the state registration of Auto Posto Lunar, located at Praça Visconde de Itaboray, 6, in Santos, due to the finding of adulterated fuel sales. The action is part of the operation De Olho na Bomba, from the State Finance Secretariat.

With this ban, the number of service stations that had their state registration canceled in the entire state of São Paulo has risen to 814, since the beginning of the operation, in 2005. In the last five years, 13 gas stations in Santos had their state registration canceled.

At gas stations where infractions are checked, they are prevented from functioning and the tanks containing fuel are sealed, in addition to their respective supply pumps. Partners (individuals or legal entities) of the establishment are also prevented from exercising the same line of activity for a period of five years, counting from the date of termination.

Inspection consists of checking pumps, checking the establishment's registration data and collecting samples of the commercialized fuel, which are sent to the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) for analysis. Fuel stations, distributors and carriers are subject to inspection.

The new state legislation provides for the cancellation of the state registration of stations, distributors and transporters caught with fuel out of specifications, in addition to fines from the Treasury Department, for tax evasion, and Procon, for injury to the Consumer Protection Code, and opening police investigation, in which the owners respond to civil and criminal cases.

Check the complete list of gas stations canceled in the Municipality:

Auto Posto Lunar Ltd.

Visconde de Itaboray Square, 06 - Estuario

Auto Posto Barracuda LTDA
Av. Afonso Pena, 188 - Boqueirão

Automotive Services Box 5 Ltda

Visconde de Itaboraí Square, 25 - Estuary

Auto Posto America Ltd
Av. Afonso Pena, 151 - Boqueirão

Auto Post Formula 11 Ltda

Av. Visconde de São Leopoldo, 350 - Valongo

Auto Posto Maria Martha Ltd.

Av. Ana Costa, 41 Vila - Matias

PortMar Ltda Ltda

Av. Governador Mário Covas, 738 Estuary

Auto Posto Rimafer Ltd.

Brás Cubas, 181 Vila Nova

Auto Posto Canal 3 Ltd

Av. Washington Luiz, 120 Vila Matias

Auto Posto Senzala Ltd.

Av. Bernardino de Campos, 303 - Vila Belmiro

Auto Service Station Brasil 500 Ltda

Av. Afonso Pena, 240 - Boqueirão

Super Post Peralta de Santos Ltda

Av. Pedro Lessa, 1.192 - Ponta da Praia

Auto Posto Praiano Ltd.

Av. Senator Pinheiro Machado, 283 Marape

 

MP opens national operation against tax evasion

Source: Valor Econômico - São Paulo / SP - 21/10/2010

The Public Ministries and the State Finance Departments of 12 States and the Federal District launched yesterday a national operation to combat tax evasion. By the action, it was possible to identify fraud in companies of various branches of activity, whose value should reach about R $ 2 billion, according to the Public Ministry of the State of São Paulo (MP-SP)

In Rio de Janeiro alone, 59 complaints were filed against 90 people, for involvement in crimes against taxation and corruption, by the Coordination for Combating Tax Evasion (Coesf) of the Public Ministry of the State of Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ).

The total amount of the tax debt calculated in the State (including fine) is R $ 112,5 million. Three oil and fuel distribution companies jointly account for a tax debt of approximately R $ 101 million. The complaints were motivated by ICMS tax evasion.

The operation, coordinated by the National Group to Combat Criminal Organizations (GNCOC), consists of a national mobilization to combat tax evasion.

“This is the second consecutive year in which the National Group to Combat Criminal Organizations initiates this type of operation, which, in 2009, reached a significant figure of R $ 4 billion in resources that should have been collected from public coffers for the benefit of society, but that were unduly diverted for private gain, ”informed the Public Ministry in a note.