May 8, 2020 Brazilian Congressman proposes digital services tax Entities that are part of large digital groups would be subject to a progressive annual digital services tax. Taxpayers should continue to monitor the progress of the bill through the National Congress. On May 4, 2020, Brazilian Congressman João Maia proposed Bill 2,358/2020, which would establish an annual federal digital services tax called the Contribution for Intervention in the Economic Domain — Digital (CIDE-Digital). Similar to the digital services tax (DST) introduced in many European / OECD countries, the CIDE-Digital is targeted at large digital groups whose annual worldwide gross revenue and local gross revenue exceed R$ 3 billion and R$ 100 million, respectively. The CIDE-digital would be levied on gross revenues derived from:
Should the bill be approved as presented, local and foreign legal entities that provide digital services and are part of groups whose income exceeds the thresholds would have to collect the CIDE-Digital. The CIDE-Digital would apply progressively as follows:
Both chambers of the National Congress (i.e., Chamber of Deputies and Senate) still need to discuss and approve the bill, in different voting rounds. The legislative process usually takes time in Brazil and there may be changes to the current wording of the bill during this process. Further developments should be monitored. ———————————————
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