Chamber Sets Urgency Vote Next Week for Bill Targeting Chronic Tax Dodgers

Overview

• Hugo Motta placed the urgency request for PLP 125/2022 on next week’s agenda and said he plans to take the bill to a plenary vote soon.
• Seven to eight parliamentary fronts issued a joint manifesto pressing for swift approval, while government leaders signaled the text is consensual enough to advance.
• The bill characterizes a devedor contumaz with thresholds such as irregular debts from R$15 million and repeated unpaid periods, with a 30‑day notice for payment or defense and exclusions for calamity or judicial dispute.
• Sanctions include CNPJ inactivation, loss of tax benefits, bans on public tenders and contracts, and restrictions on judicial recovery, plus publication of offender lists.
• The rules apply nationwide with Receita Federal coordinating registries, add tighter transparency for the fuels sector via ANP, and focus on roughly 1,200 CNPJs that concentrate more than R$200 billion in recurring debts.