PGFN Takes Over FGTS Active‑Debt Collection

Overview

• The PGFN, which began the migration on Monday, June 1, has moved about 500,000 FGTS inscriptions totaling R$66.8 billion into its systems with a target to finish the transfer by the end of June.
• New consultations and negotiations will be routed through the PGFN’s Regularize portal to cut negotiation times that once took as long as 90 days down to minutes.
• The procuradoria will use the same enforcement tools it applies to federal tax debts, including protest notices, asset seizure and bans on public contracting, to press employers to pay amounts owed to workers.
• Existing payment plans and administrative debts remain under Caixa management while the PGFN plans a July transaction edital that may allow discounts on interest and fines but will not reduce the principal owed to workers.
• PGFN says the migration will let it identify individual worker credits, notify workers when recoveries are deposited, introduce a public query area in late 2026 or early 2027, and enable near‑real‑time monitoring with measures such as the Desenrola 2.0 option to use up to 20% of the fund in negotiated solutions.